Ridge in Antarctica
Presian Ridge (Presiyanov Rid \pre-si-'ya-nov 'rid\) is a ridge of elevation 1456 m extending 950 m in east-weat direction in
Friesland Ridge,
Tangra Mountains,
Livingston Island in the
South Shetland Islands,
Antarctica. Situated between the island's summit
Mount Friesland (1700 m) to the west and
Catalunyan Saddle to the east. Surmounting
Wörner Gap,
Camp Academia locality and upper
Huron Glacier to the north, and
Macy Glacier to the south.
First ascent by the
Catalans Francesc Sàbat and Jorge Enrique from
Juan Carlos I Base on 30 December 1991.
The ridge is named after Khan
Presian of
Bulgaria, 836-852 AD, who brought the
Bulgarian lands in
Macedonia together with those in
Thrace,
Moesia,
Panonia,
Dacia and
Scythia.
Location
The summit point of the ridge is located at
62°40′03.8″S 60°09′55.3″W / 62.667722°S 60.165361°W / -62.667722; -60.165361, which is 1.11 km east of Mount Friesland, 4.14 km southeast of
Pliska Peak, 3.54 km south by west of
Kuzman Knoll, 1.24 km west-southwest of
Lyaskovets Peak and 4.08 km north-northwest of
Peshev Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey
Tangra 2004/05, and mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
-
South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 60. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
- Islas Livingston y Decepción. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:100000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991.
- S. Soccol, D. Gildea and J. Bath.
Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:100000 satellite map. The Omega Foundation, USA, 2004.
- L.L. Ivanov et al.,
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map,
Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005
- L.L. Ivanov.
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010.
ISBN
978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009.
ISBN
978-954-92032-6-4)
-
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
- L.L. Ivanov.
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.
ISBN
978-619-90008-3-0
- A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov.
Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023.
ISBN
978-619-90008-6-1
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References
External links
This article includes information from the
Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.