Name details

Korten Ridge

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137137

Feature type: (2d)

Origin

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

Narrative

The ridge extending 18 km in S-N direction and 9 km wide, rising to 1673 m (Mount Bris) on Davis Coast in Graham Land. Bounded by Podvis Col linking it to Detroit Plateau to the SE, Temple Glacier to the SW, Lanchester Bay to the W, Wennersgaard Point and Jordanoff Bay to the N, and Sabine Glacier to the E. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Korten in Southeastern Bulgaria. Approved on December 6, 2010.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 55' 40.0" S
-63.92778°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
59° 52' 50.0" W
-59.88056°
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

new feature (Ivanov, 13.12.10)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
12-Jun-2010

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