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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Chargan Ridge (BGR) | 65° 51' 41.0" S | 64° 08' 52.0" W | Ridge |
Name ID: 137934
Place ID: 19562
The mostly ice-covered ridge extending 9.5 km in SE-NW direction, 5.4 km wide and rising to 1650 m in the W foothills of Bruce Plateau on Graham Coast in Graham Land. Situated 8.9 km NE of Mount Dewey, 10.7 km SSE of Mount Bigo, 5.9 km SW of Kenderova Buttress, and 31.2 km NW of Kyulevcha Nunatak on Oscar II Coast. Steep and partly ice-free NW and NE slopes. Surmounts Pollard Glacier to the NE, Comrie Glacier to the N, and Bradford Glacier to the W and SW. British mapping in 1971. Named after the settlement of Chargan in Southeastern Bulgaria. |
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