Roygos Ridge
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 27 ′ S , 65 ° 28 ′ W | |
Roygos Ridge (English; Bulgarian рид Ройгос rid Rojgos ) is an icy, km long, 3.2 km wide and up to in south-north-west orientation of 9.6 1250 m high ridge on the Loubet coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 6.8 km southwest of Mount Lyttleton , 5.65 km west of Karia Peak and 11.27 km north of Mount Bain on the east bank of Darbel Bay and ends in the northwest at Shanty Point . Its summit ridge is rounded, its north and south slopes are partially free of ice. The Erskine Glacier is south and the Cardell Glacier is north of it.
British scientists mapped it in 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2015 after the Thracian king Rojgos , who ruled in the 3rd century .
Web links
- Roygos Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)