Kyustendil Ridge
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 49 ′ S , 61 ° 6 ′ W | |
Kyustendil Ridge (English; Bulgarian Кюстендилски хребет Kjustendilski chrebet ) is a partially freeze, east-west orientation 23 km long, 10 km wide and up to 1700 m high mountain ridge on the North Skjöld coast of the Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It extends from the Foster Plateau to the Weddell Sea . It is limited in the north by the Drygalski glacier and in the south by the Rogosch and Slokutschene glaciers . It is connected to the Lovech Heights to the south via the Mrahori Saddle .
British scientists mapped it in 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2012 after the town of Kyustendil in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Kyustendil Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)