Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Pliska Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Pliska Ridge (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ridge (2d)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Three-peaked ridge, bounded to the N by the head of Perunika Glacier and to the S and W by the head of Huntress Glacier, Livingston Island. Long 1.6km and wide 0.5km, axis trending due E-W. Precipitous S slope. Ice-covered except for segments of its E peak, 646m. Highest central peak, 666m, located 3.52km NW of the summit of Mount Friesland, 2.57km ENE of Willan Nunatak, 5.88km E of Krum Rock, 1.73km SE of Burdick Peak and 3.66km SSW of Mount Bowles. Spanish mapping in 1991. Named after Bulgaria's first capital, Pliska.
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