Teres Ridge
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 View from Komini Peak to Teres Ridge |
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 34 ′ S , 60 ° 24 ′ W | |
Teres Ridge (English; Bulgarian хребет Терес chrebet Teres ) is a maximum 330 m high 1.5 km long mountain ridge with north-south orientation on the north coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 2.5 km southeast of Siddons Point , 10.2 km west-northwest of Hemus Peak , 9.6 km northwest of Rezen Knoll and 9 km north of Sinemorets Hill .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in the course of surveying the Tangra Mountains between 2004 and 2005. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2005 after Teres , King of the Thracians from 480 BC. BC to 440 BC Chr.
Web links
- Teres Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)