Grivitsa Ridge
| Grivitsa Ridge | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Detroit plateaus | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 30 ′ S , 60 ° 20 ′ W | |
The Grivitsa Ridge (English; Bulgarian Гривишки хребет Griwischki Chrebet ) is a mainly ice-free, 6.4 km long, 3 km wide and 1100 m high ridge with northwest-southeast alignment at the Nordenskjold Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . With a connection to the northwest to the Detroit Plateau , it is bounded to the north by the Darwari Glacier and to the south by the Sajchar Glacier .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2011 after the town of Griviza in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Grivitsa Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)