Hazarbasanov Ridge

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Hazarbasanov Ridge (Bulgarian: Хазърбасанов хребет, ‘Hazarbasanov Hrebet’ \ha-'z&r-ba-sa-nov 'hre-bet\) is the mostly ice-free ridge extending 5.5 km, 2.4 km wide and rising to 750 m on the southwest side of Sjögren Glacier on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

The feature is named after Dobri Hazarbasanov (b. 1960), physician at St. Kliment Ohridski base during the 1995/96 and subsequent seasons.

Location

The summit of Hazarbasanov Ridge is located at 64°15′06″S 59°10′06″W / 64.25167°S 59.16833°W / -64.25167; -59.16833Coordinates: 64°15′06″S 59°10′06″W / 64.25167°S 59.16833°W / -64.25167; -59.16833, which is 4.34 km southeast of Mount Hornsby, 6.57 km south of Survakari Nunatak, 8.51 km west-southwest of Vetrovala Peak and 6.4 km northwest of Draka Nunatak.

Maps

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

References

Hazarbasanov 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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