Piyanets Ridge

Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Satellite image of Alexander Island
Map of Havre Mountains, Alexander Island in Antarctica

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 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

Piyanets Ridge is located at 69°20′24″S 71°46′20″W / 69.34000°S 71.77222°W / -69.34000; -71.77222, 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

Notes

  1. ↑ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

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