Chemish Ridge
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 15 ′ S , 63 ° 46 ′ W | |
Chemish Ridge (English; Bulgarian хребет Чемиш Chrebet Tsche mixing ) is in west-northwest southeasterly alignment 8.55 km long, 2 km wide and up to 600 m high ridge on the Foyn Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 6.55 km southeast of Meda Nunatak , 13.15 km southwest of Bastion Peak and 9.52 km northeast of Gluhar Hill . The Attlee Glacier is north and the Bevin Glacier is south of it. The Fitzmaurice Point is its eastern branch.
British scientists mapped it in 1974. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Chemish in northwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Chemish Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)