Kopito Ridge

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Kopito Ridge (Bulgarian: рид Копито, ‘Rid Kopito’ \'rid ko-'pi-to\) is the mostly ice-free ridge in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, which is bounded by Boydell Glacier to the west and Zavera Snowfield to the east. It extends 6 km in northwest-southeast direction and 2.7 km wide, and rises to 900 m in its northwest part which is linked to Detroit Plateau east of Lobosh Peak.

The ridge is named after the peaks of Golyamo (Great) Kopito and Malko (Little) Kopito in Vitosha Mountain, Western Bulgaria.

Location

Kopito Ridge is centred at 64°08′14″S 59°05′07″W / 64.13722°S 59.08528°W / -64.13722; -59.08528Coordinates: 64°08′14″S 59°05′07″W / 64.13722°S 59.08528°W / -64.13722; -59.08528.

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

Kopito 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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