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Balan Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Balan Ridge (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ridge
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The ridge rising to 800 m in Sofia University Mountains on Alexander Island. Extending 4.5 km in N-S direction, and 1.45 km wide. Bounded by Poste Valley to the E, Palestrina Glacier to the N and its tributary Yozola Glacier to the W. Named for the Bulgarian linguist, historian and bibliographer Aleksandar Teodorov-Balan (1859-1959), first rector of Sofia University and one of the founders of the tourist movement in Bulgaria.
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