Bigla Ridge
Ridge on the Foyn Coast, Antarctic Peninsula From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ridge on the Foyn Coast, Antarctic Peninsula From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bigla Ridge (Bulgarian: хребет Бигла, ‘Hrebet Bigla’ \'hre-bet 'bi-gla\) is the rocky, partly ice-free ridge extending 19 km in northwest-southeast direction, 8.8 km wide and rising to 1644 m (Stancheva Peak) on Foyn Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. The ridge is crescent-shaped facing southwest and surmounting Sleipnir Glacier to the northwest and Beaglehole Glacier to the southwest, with its southeast half forming Heros Peninsula.
The feature is named after Bigla Peak in the Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.
Bigla Ridge is centred at 66°32′00″S 63°57′00″W. British mapping in 1974 and 1976.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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