Vologes Ridge

Vologes Ridge (Bulgarian: хребет Вологес, ‘Hrebet Vologes’ \'hre-bet 'vo-lo-ges\) is the ice-covered flat-topped ridge extending 5.85 km in east-west direction, 1.55 km wide and rising to 1234 m^[1] at its west extremity, situated in central Sleipnir Glacier on Foyn Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

The feature is named after the Thracian priest and military leader Vologes (1st century BC).

Location[]

Vologes Ridge is centred at

66°28′25″S 64°09′10″W / 66.47361°S 64.15278°W / -66.47361; -64.15278Coordinates: 66°28′25″S 64°09′10″W / 66.47361°S 64.15278°W / -66.47361; -64.15278, which is 18.15 km west-southwest of Balder Point, 20.55 km northwest of Spur Point and 36.9 km east by north of Slessor Peak. British mapping in 1976.

Maps[]

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes[]

References[]

• Vologes Ridge. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links[]

• Vologes Ridge. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.