Name details

Sherba Ridge

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137938

Feature type: Ridge (2d)

Origin

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

Narrative

The ice-covered ridge extending 13 km in SE-NW direction, 6 km wide and rising to 2100 m in the W foothills of Avery Plateau on Loubet Coast in Graham Land. Centred 13.4 km ESE of Rubner Peak, 11.2 km S of Voit Peak and 6.68 km W of Zilva Peaks. Steep and partly ice-free SW, N and E slopes. Surmounts Widdowson Glacier to the SW, Darbel Bay to the NW, and Drummond Glacier to the NE and E. British mapping in 1976. Named after the locality of Sherba in eastern Balkan Mountains.

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Location

Latitude:
66° 45' 23.0" S
-66.75639°
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Longitude:
65° 34' 50.0" W
-65.58056°
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Altitude:
2100 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
21-Nov-2014

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