Osikovo Ridge

Location of Loubet Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Osikovo Ridge (Bulgarian: Осиковски рид, ‘Osikovski Rid’ \o-si-'kov-ski 'rid\) is the ice-covered ridge extending 12 km in south-southeast to north-northwest direction, 3 km wide and rising to 2000 m at the head of Darbel Bay on Loubet Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It surmounts McCance Glacier to the west and Widdowson Glacier to the east.

The ridge is named after the settlements of Osikovo in Northeastern, Southern and Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

The summit point of Osikovo Ridge is located at 66°49′00″S 65°43′40″W / 66.81667°S 65.72778°W / -66.81667; -65.72778Coordinates: 66°49′00″S 65°43′40″W / 66.81667°S 65.72778°W / -66.81667; -65.72778, which is 11.8 km south-southeast of Rubner Peak, 4.6 km west-southwest of Ushlinova Peak and 10.73 km north-northwest of Hutchison Hill. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Osikovo 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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