Piyanets Ridge (Bulgarian: рид Пиянец, ‘Rid Piyanets’ \'rid pi-ya-'nets\) is the upturned V-shaped, mostly ice-free ridge extending 5.6 km in north-south direction, 2.4 km wide and rising to 590 m[1] in Havre Mountains, northern Alexander Island in Antarctica. It surmounts Kolokita Cove to the southwest. The feature is named after the region of Piyanets in Western Bulgaria.
Location edit
Piyanets Ridge is located at 69°20′24″S 71°46′20″W / 69.34000°S 71.77222°W, which is 4.55 km northeast of the coastal point formed by Hopkins Ridge, 3.77 km southeast of Gazey Nunatak and 9.2 km northwest of Mount Holt.
Maps edit
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
Notes edit
- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References edit
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Piyanets Ridge. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
External links edit
- Piyanets Ridge. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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