Semela Ridge
| Semela Ridge | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Bruce plateaus | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 32 ′ S , 65 ° 13 ′ W | |
Semela Ridge (English, Bulgarian пид Семела pid Semela ) is one kilometer east-west orientation 8.5 long, 3.2 km wide and up to 2000 m high ridge at the Loubet coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . As part of the western foothills of the Bruce Plateau, it rises 18.7 km north of the Bacharach Nunatak , 11.2 km east-northeast of Mount Bain , 14.58 km south of Purmerul Peak and 10.8 km west of Slessor Peak . Its steep south, west and north slopes are partly not icy. The Erskine Glacier is south and west of it, the Byway Glacier is north.
British scientists mapped it in 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2014 after the Thracian deity Semela.
Web links
- Semela Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)