Piyanets Ridge
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Piyanets Ridge (Bulgarian: рид Пиянец, ‘Rid Piyanets’ \'rid pi-ya-'nets\) is the upturned V-shaped, mostly ice-free ridge extending 5.6 km in north-south direction, 2.4 km wide and rising to 590 m[1] in Havre Mountains, northern Alexander Island in Antarctica. It surmounts Kolokita Cove to the southwest. The feature is named after the region of Piyanets in Western Bulgaria.
Location[]
Piyanets Ridge is located at 69°20′24″S 71°46′20″W / 69.34000°S 71.77222°WCoordinates: 69°20′24″S 71°46′20″W / 69.34000°S 71.77222°W, which is 4.55 km northeast of the coastal point formed by , 3.77 km southeast of Gazey Nunatak and 9.2 km northwest of Mount Holt.
Maps[]
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
Notes[]
- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References[]
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Piyanets Ridge. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
External links[]
- Piyanets Ridge. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
- Ridges of Alexander Island
- Bulgaria and the Antarctic
- Alexander Island geography stubs