Vologes Ridge
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 28 ′ S , 64 ° 9 ′ W | |
Vologes Ridge (English; Bulgarian рид Вологес rid Wologes ) is an icy, flat, 5.85 km long in east-west orientation, 1.55 km wide and up to 700 m high ridge on the Foyn Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 18.15 km west-southwest of Balder Point , 20.55 km northwest of Spur Point and 36.9 km east to north of Slessor Peak in the center of the Sleipnir Glacier .
British scientists mapped it in 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the Thracian priest and warrior Vologes from the 1st century BC. Chr.
Web links
- Vologes Ridge in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)