Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Foros Spur (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Foros Spur (The name as it would appear on a map)
If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au
Feature type: Ridge (2d)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The 7.5 km long and 5.7 km wide rocky ridge forming the SE extremity of Gromshin Heights on the E side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains. Its southernmost height of 1150 m is situated 12.96 km E of Mount Warren, 9.68 km SE of Branishte Peak, and 11.3 km NE of Mount Lanning in Sostra Heights. Surmounting Rutford Ice Stream to the E and lower Vicha Glacier to the W. US mapping in 1961. Named after Foros Point on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
No images of this place could be found.
Biodiversity
View
fauna,
flora or
both
within 1.0 degree of this location
Place names
View
Bulgarian or
international
place names within 1.0 degree of this location.