Pliska Ridge

Pliska Ridge

Pliska Ridge (Vrah Pliska 'vr&h 'pli-ska) is a three-peaked ridge rising to 667 m in eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica. Its central and highest peak is located 2.6 km ENE of Willan Nunatak (449 m), 1.7 km SE of Burdick Peak (773 m, summit of Burdick Ridge), 3.53 km SSW of Mount Bowles, 3.68 km WSW of Kuzman Knoll, and 3.6 km NW of Mount Friesland. The feature is 1.6 km long and 500 m wide, its axis trending due E-W, with precipitous southern slopes. It is ice covered except for segments of its easternmost peak (646 m) and is bounded to the NW by Orpheus Gate, to the N by the head of Perunika Glacier, to the E by Nesebar Gap, and to the S and W by the head of Huntress Glacier, the latter flowing 6 km southwestwards into False Bay.

Pliska is the name of a settlement in north-eastern Bulgaria, which in the seventh century became the capital of the First Bulgarian Kingdom.

Location

The summit of the ridge is located at coord|62|38|44|S|60|13|49|W| (Rough British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1991, Bulgarian mapping from topographic surveys in 1995/96 and 2004/05).

External links

* [http://www3.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer] .
* [http://www.mfa.government.bg/uploads/imgs/Livingston/livingston.jpgReference Map]


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