Chargan Ridge
Chargan Ridge (Bulgarian: рид Чарган, ‘Rid Chargan’ \'rid char-'gan\ is the mostly ice-covered ridge extending 9.5 km in southeast-northwest direction, 5.4 km wide and rising to 1650 m in the west foothills of Bruce Plateau on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It has steep and partly ice-free northwest and northeast slopes, and surmounts Pollard Glacier to the northeast, Comrie Glacier to the north, and Bradford Glacier to the west and southwest.
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The ridge is named after the settlement of Chargan in Southeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Chargan Ridge is located at 65°51′41″S 64°08′52″W, which is 8.9 km northeast of Mount Dewey, 10.7 km south-southeast of Mount Bigo, 5.9 km southwest of Kenderova Buttress, and 31.2 km northwest of Kyulevcha Nunatak on Oscar II Coast. British mapping in 1971.
Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, 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.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Chargan Ridge. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
External links
- Chargan Ridge. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.