Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Austa Ridge (BGR) | 65° 15' 30.0" S | 62° 16' 00.0" W | |
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Name ID: 137543
Place ID: 19178
The partly ice-free ridge extending 24 km and 11 km wide on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. Descending eastwards from the S extremity of Forbidden Plateau towards Caution Point. Rising to over 1500 m at its W extremity. Surmounting Jorum Glacier and Borima Bay to the N, Exasperation Inlet to the E, and Spillane Fjord and Crane Glacier to the S. British mapping in 1976. Named after the settlement of Austa in Southern Bulgaria. |
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