Balan Ridge
| Balan Ridge | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Sofia University Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 26 ′ S , 71 ° 23 ′ W | |
Balan Ridge (English; Bulgarian хребет Балан chrebet Balan ) is an up to 800 m high mountain ridge on the Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Sofia University Mountains it extends in north-south orientation over a length of 4.5 km and is 1.45 km wide. It is bounded to the east by the Poste Valley , to the north by the Palestrina glacier and to the west by the Josola glacier .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2009 after the Bulgarian philologist, literary historian and bibliographer Alexandar Teodorow-Balan (1859-1959).
Web links
- Balan Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)