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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Vola Ridge (BGR) | 69° 28' 52.0" S | 71° 13' 35.0" W | Ridge |
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Name ID: 138285
Place ID: 19863
The mostly ice-covered triple-peaked ridge extending 2.6 km in SSE-NNW direction and 1.1 km wide, rising to 1000 m on the SE side of Sofia University Mountains in northern Alexander Island. Situated 7.41 km NE of Mount Kliment Ohridski, 12.91 km E of Mount Wilbye in Lassus Mountains, 9.88 km SE of Mount Braun, 6.41 km SSW of the central height of Landers Peaks, 6.03 km ESE of Lizard Nunatak and 7.04 km N of Shaw Nunatak. Surmounts Poste Valley to the NW and Nichols Snowfield to the SE. Visited on 2 February 1988 by the geological team of Christo Pimpirev and Borislav Kamenov (First Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition), and Philip Nell and Peter Marquis (British Antarctic Survey). British mapping in 1971. |
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