Petrov Ridge
| Petrov Ridge | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Foster plateaus | |
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 38 ′ S , 61 ° 29 ′ W | |
Petrov Ridge (English; Bulgarian Петров рид Petrow RID ) is a rocky, icy, a 5.5 km long in east-southeast-west-northwest alignment 2.5 km wide and up to 1400 m high ridge on the Danco Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 3.9 km south-southeast of Mitkaloto Peak and 4.5 km west of The Waist saddle in the northern foothills of the Foster Plateau . The Krebs Glacier is south-southwest, Charlotte Bay northwest and the Boschinow Glacier north-northwest of it.
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2014 after the Bulgarian poet Valery Petrov (1920–2014).
Web links
- Petrov Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)