Aldomir Ridge

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Aldomir Ridge (Bulgarian: Алдомирски хребет, ‘Aldomirski Hrebet’ \al-do-'mir-ski 'hre-bet\) is the mostly ice-free ridge on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, bounded by Sjögren Glacier to the west and Boydell Glacier to the east. It extends 14 km between Detroit Plateau to the north-northwest and Sjögren Inlet to the south-southeast, and is 4.2 km wide and rising to 1350 m at its north extremity.

The ridge is named after the settlement of Aldomirovtsi in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Aldomir Ridge is centred at 64°09′35″S 59°08′10″W / 64.15972°S 59.13611°W / -64.15972; -59.13611Coordinates: 64°09′35″S 59°08′10″W / 64.15972°S 59.13611°W / -64.15972; -59.13611.

Map

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Aldomir Ridge. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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