Name details

Osikovo Ridge

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 138113

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 12 km in SSE-NNW direction, 3 km wide and rising to 2000 m at the head of Darbel Bay on Loubet Coast in Graham Land. Its summit point is situated 11.8 km SSE of Rubner Peak, 4.6 km WSW of Ushlinova Peak and 10.73 km NNW of Hutchison Hill. Surmounts McCance Glacier to the W and Widdowson Glacier to the E. British mapping in 1976. Named after the settlements of Osikovo in Northeastern, Southern and Southwestern Bulgaria.

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Location

Latitude:
66° 49' 00.0" S
-66.81667°
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Longitude:
65° 43' 40.0" W
-65.72778°
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Altitude:
2000 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:
7-Oct-2015

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