Bakshev Ridge (Bulgarian: Бакшев рид, ‘Bakshev Rid’ \'bak-shev 'rid\) is a rugged rocky ridge on Rugged Island, off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The ridge extends 700 m in a southeast-northwest direction. The highest point of elevation is 239 m, situated 660 m east of San Stefano Peak, 1.25 km west of Vund Point, and 1.1 km northwest of Radev Point.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Rugged-Island-location-map.png/220px-Rugged-Island-location-map.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Livingston-Island-Map-2010-15.png/220px-Livingston-Island-Map-2010-15.png)
The ridge is named after Petar Bogdan Bakshev (1601–1674), Catholic Archbishop of Sofia, and author of an early Bulgarian historiography published in 1667.
Location
editBakshev Ridge is located at 62°37′55″S 61°12′48″W / 62.63194°S 61.21333°W. Spanish mapping in 1992 and Bulgarian in 2009.
Maps
edit- Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992.
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
- South Shetland Islands: Livingston Island, Byers Peninsula. Scale 1:50000 satellite map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2010.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
References
edit- Bakshev Ridge. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- Bakshev Ridge. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.