Tile Ridge

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

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

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Place ID: 17957
Name ID: 134666

Feature type: Ridge (2b)

Origin

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

Narrative

The partly ice-free ridge of elevation 240 m in Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island. Situated 2.4 km SE of Lloyd Hill, 2.5 km N of Triangle Point, and 2.3 km W of Malamir Knoll. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05. Named after the ancient Tile (Tylis), capital town of the Celtic Kingdom in Thrace, 279-213 BC, and ancestor of the present Bulgarian settlement of Tulovo near Stara Zagora city.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 30' 00.0" S
-62.50000°
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Longitude:
59° 50' 59.0" W
-59.84972°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Scale:
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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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
4-Nov-2005

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