Kopito Ridge

Kopito Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Kopito Ridge  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 18896
Name ID: 137235

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The mostly ice-free ridge in the SE foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, which is bounded by Boydell Glacier to the W and Zavera Snowfield to the E. Extending 6 km in NW-SE direction and 2.7 km wide. The ridge rises to 900 m in its NW part which is linked to Detroit Plateau E of Lobosh Peak. Named after the peaks of Golyamo (Great) Kopito and Malko (Little) Kopito in Vitosha Mountain, Western Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 08' 14.0" S
-64.13722°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
59° 05' 07.0" W
-59.08528°
Accurate to 0m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Accurate to 0m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
16-Feb-2011

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