Balan Ridge

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Balan Ridge ({{langx|bg|text=хребет Балан|italic=no}}, ‘Hrebet Balan’ \'hre-bet ba-'lan\) is the ridge rising in its southern part to {{convert|860|m|abbr=on}}[https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.] Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in the Sofia University Mountains on Alexander Island in Antarctica. The ridge is situated {{convert|7|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Mount Kliment Ohridski, extending {{convert|4.5|km|abbr=on}} in the north-south direction, {{convert|1.45|km|abbr=on}} wide, and is bounded by Poste Valley to the east, by Palestrina Glacier to the north and its tributary Yozola Glacier to the west.

Balan Ridge is named for the Bulgarian linguist, historian and bibliographer Aleksandar Teodorov-Balan (1859–1959), first rector of Sofia University and one of the founders of the tourist movement in Bulgaria.

Location

Balan Ridge is located at {{coord|69|26|10|S|71|22|30|W|display=inline,title}}. British mapping in 1963.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3127. DOS 610 – W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971
[http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

Notes

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20150110225623/https://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=136895 Balan Ridge.] SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
[http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)

External links

[https://copernix.io/#?where=-71.4024658203125,-69.43647277497757,13&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Balan Ridge.] Copernix satellite image

Category:Ridges of Alexander Island

Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic