Ilarion Ridge

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Ilarion Ridge from Bransfield Strait.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Ilarion Ridge is a partly ice-free ridge of elevation 240 m situated in Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island, Antarctica. Extending along the south coast of Hardy Cove, 2 km southwest of Parchevich Ridge, 1.9 km east-northeast of Lyutitsa Nunatak, 2.5 km northeast of Vratsa Peak, 1.3 km north of St. Kiprian Peak, and 2.6 km north-northwest of Fort Point. Overlooking Musala Glacier to the south. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05. Named after Metropolitan Ilarion Makariopolski (1812–75), a leading figure in the restoration of the autocephalous Bulgarian Church in 1870.

Coordinates: 62°31′27″S 59°36′11″W / 62.52417°S 59.60306°W / -62.52417; -59.60306

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


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