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Presian Ridge (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Presian 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.
The ridge of elevation 1456 m extending 950 m in E-W direction in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island. Situated between Mount Friesland to the W and Catalunyan Saddle to the E, and 3.5 km S of Kuzman Knoll and 4.1 km SE of the summit of Pliska Ridge. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05. Named after Khan Presian of Bulgaria, 836-852 AD, who brought the Bulgarian lands in Macedonia together with those in Thrace, Moesia, Panonia, Dacia and Scythia.
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