Tile Ridge

Tile Ridge

Tile Ridge (Rid Tile 'rid 'ti-le) is a partly ice-free ridge of elevation 240 m in Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island, Antarctica.

The ridge is named after the ancient Tile (Tylis), capital town of the Celtic Kingdom in Thrace, 279–213 BC, and ancestor of the present Bulgarian settlement of Tulovo near Stara Zagora City.

Location

The ridge is located at coord|62|30|00|S|59|50|59|W| which is 2.4 km southeast of Lloyd Hill, 2.5 km north of Triangle Point, and 2.3 km west of Malamir Knoll (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05).

ee also

* List of Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica

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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