Klokotnitsa Ridge

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

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

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Place ID: 19754
Name ID: 138134

Feature type: Ridge

Origin

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

Narrative

The rounded ice-covered ridge extending 12 km in N-S direction, 4 km wide and rising to 1554 m on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land. Situated on the NW side of Detroit Plateau, 28.8 km SE of Cape Kater and 26.7 km S of Cape Kjelman. Two northerly offshoots of the ridge form Dragor Hill and Borovan Knoll. Steep and partly ice-free W, N and E slopes. Surmounts Whitecloud Glacier to the W and McNeile Glacier to the E. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Klokotnitsa in Southern Bulgaria.

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Location

Latitude:
63° 57' 55.0" S
-63.96528°
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Longitude:
59° 27' 25.0" W
-59.45694°
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Altitude:
1554 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
23-Mar-2016

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