Vergilov Ridge
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 37 '48 " S , 60 ° 23' 35" W | |
| Waters 1 | South Bay | |
Vergilov Ridge (English; Bulgarian Вергилов хребет Wergilow chrebet ) is an undersea ridge in the South Bay of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It extends in a southeast-northwest orientation over a length of 3.5 km and at sea depths of 50 to 100 m. It is the terminal moraine of the Perunika Glacier .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2012 based on the naming of the neighboring Vergilov Rocks . It is named after Slatil Wergilow (* 1958), a member of the team that erected the first building of the St. Kliment-Ohridski station in 1988.
Web links
- Vergilov Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)