Name details

Zaldapa Ridge

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

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

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137184

Feature type: (2b)

Origin

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

Narrative

The predominantly ice-free ridge extending 4.6 km in E-W direction and 1.7 km wide on Yatrus Promontory in Graham Land. The ridge"s twin rocky summits rise to 383 and 359 m respectively, with the higher western one situated 4.55 km ENE of McCalman Peak, 7.06 km S of Abel Nunatak and 4.75 km W by S of Jade Point. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the ancient Thracian and Roman town of Zaldapa in Northeastern Bulgaria. Approved on December 6, 2010.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 36' 30.0" S
-63.60833°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
57° 41' 34.0" W
-57.69278°
Accurate to 0m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Accurate to 0m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

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

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
          For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M: No      Aus_display_scale_10M: No     
Aus_display_scale_5M: No      Aus_display_scale_2M: No     
Aus_display_scale_1M: No      Aus_display_scale_500k: No     
Aus_display_scale_250k: No      Aus_display_scale_100k: No     
Aus_display_scale_50k: No      Aus_display_scale_25k: No     
Aus_display_scale_10k: No      Aus_display_scale_5k: No     
Aus_display_scale_1k: No     


Related information

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.