Urda Ridge

Urda Ridge (Bulgarian: Урдин хребет, ‘Urdin Hrebet’ \'ur-din 'hre-bet\) is the mostly ice-covered ridge occupying the interior of southern Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It extends 8 km in north-northeast to south-southwest direction and 9 km in west-northwest to east-southeast direction, rising to 1950 m at the island's summit Mount Irving,[1] and is connected to Ravelin Ridge to the north by Soyka Saddle. The southeast slopes of the feature are drained by Dobrodan and Highton Glaciers, and its northwest slopes — by Skaplizo, Giridava and Bersame Glaciers. Urda is a Thracian place name from Southern Bulgaria.

Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Clarence Island seen from northeast with (left to right) Cape Bowles; Dobrodan Glacier and Highton Glacier surmounted by Urda Ridge; Treskavets Glacier, Orcho Glacier and Banari Glacier surmounted by Ravelin Ridge; and Cape Lloyd.

Location

Urda Ridge is centred at 61°16′10″S 54°08′00″W. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Archived 2014-12-09 at the Wayback Machine Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Urda Ridge. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links

Urda Ridge. Copernix satellite image

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[1] South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Archived 2014-12-09 at the Wayback Machine Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.