Zaldapa Ridge

Zaldapa Ridge (Bulgarian: рид Залдапа, ‘Rid Zaldapa’ \'rid zal-'da-pa\) is the predominantly ice-free ridge extending 4.6 km in east-west direction and 1.7 km wide on Yatrus Promontory in Graham Land, Antarctica, with its twin rocky summits rising to 383 (the west one) and 359 m respectively.

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

The ridge is named “after the ancient Thracian and Roman town of Zaldapa in Northeastern Bulgaria”.[1]

Location

The summit of Zaldapa Ridge is located at 63°36′30″S 57°41′34″W, which is 4.55 km east-northeast of McCalman Peak, 7.06 km south of Abel Nunatak and 4.75 km west by south of Jade Point. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps
  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Notes
  1. Zaldapa Ridge. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
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References


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


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