Name details

Bigla Ridge

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137648

Feature type:

Origin

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

Narrative

The rocky, partly ice-free ridge extending 19 km in NW-SE direction, 8.8 km wide and rising to 850 m on Foyn Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. The ridge is crescent-shaped facing SW and surmounting Sleipnir Glacier to the NW and Beaglehole Glacier to the SW, with its SE half forming Heros Peninsula. British mapping in 1974 and 1976. Named after Bigla Peak in the Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 32' 00.0" S
-66.53333°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
63° 57' 00.0" W
-63.95000°
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:
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Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
16-Jul-2013

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