Oborishte Ridge

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Oborishte Ridge from near Ravda Peak, Livingston Island.

Oborishte Ridge (Rid Oborishte \'rid o-'bo-ri-shte\) has an elevation of 340 m in the southwest extremity of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 1.7 km along the southeast coast of Yankee Harbour and 950 m wide. Ice-free surface area (together with the adjoining Provadiya Hook) 138 hectares (340 acres).^[1] Surmounting Solis Glacier to the east and Wulfila Glacier to the southeast.

The ridge is named after the historic site of Oborishte in central Bulgaria.

Location

The summit of the ridge is located at 62°32′05″S 59°45′04″W / 62.53472°S 59.75111°W / -62.53472; -59.75111 which is 2.17 km southeast of Spit Point, 2.54 km north-northwest of the summit of Ephraim Bluff and 1.77 km west-northwest of Terter Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2009).

Notes

1. ^ L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

Reference

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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