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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| Sonketa Ridge (BGR) | 64° 13' 40.0" S | 60° 53' 00.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 137920
Place ID: 19548
The mostly ice-covered ridge extending 11.5 km in E-W direction and 4 km wide, rising to 1100 m in the W foothills of Detroit Plateau and partly on Relyovo Peninsula on Danco Coast in Graham Land. Connected to the NW slopes of Razhana Buttress to the E by Zhelad Saddle. Surmounts Sikorsky Glacier to the N and Trepetlika Glacier to the S. British mapping in 1978. Sonketa is a Thracian place name from Western Bulgaria. |
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