
Balan Ridge (, ‘Hrebet Balan’ \'hre-bet ba-'lan\) is the ridge rising in its southern part to
[Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.]
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in the
Sofia University Mountains on
Alexander Island
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in
Antarctica
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. The ridge is situated northeast of
Mount Kliment Ohridski, extending in the north-south direction, wide, and is bounded by Poste Valley to the east, by
Palestrina Glacier to the north and its tributary
Yozola Glacier to the west.
Balan Ridge is named for the Bulgarian
linguist
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, historian and
bibliographer
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Aleksandar Teodorov-Balan (1859–1959), first
rector of
Sofia University
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" () is a public university, public research university in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Bulgaria.
Founded on 1 October 1888, the edifice of the university was constr ...
and one of the founders of the
tourist movement in Bulgaria.
Location
Balan Ridge is located at . British mapping in 1963.
See also
*
Arenite Ridge
*
Polarstar Ridge
*
Grikurov Ridge
Maps
*British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3127. DOS 610 – W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
Notes
References
Balan Ridge.SCAR
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Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
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.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission
The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.
The Commis ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
External links
Balan Ridge.Copernix satellite image
Ridges of Alexander Island
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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