Stribog Mountains

Stribog Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Stribog Mountains  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 19587
Name ID: 137962

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

Origin

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

Narrative

The principal mountain system of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, rising to 2520 m (Mount Parry). The feature is 40 km long in N-S direction and 15 km wide, connected to Stavertsi Ridge to the NE by Viamata Saddle, to Avroleva Heights to the E by Doriones Saddle, and to Solvay Mountains to the S by Aluzore Gap. Heavily glaciated, with steeper and partly ice-free W slopes. British mapping in 1980 and 2008. Named after the Slavic god of wind, ice and cold Stribog.

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Location

Latitude:
64° 12' 00.0" S
-64.20000°
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Longitude:
62° 20' 00.0" W
-62.33333°
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Altitude:
2520 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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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

new feature (L. Ivanov, 25/05/15) JM

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-May-2015

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