
Balis Ridge ( bg, text=рид Балис, italic=no, ‘Rid Balis’ \'rid ba-'lis\ is the rocky, partly ice-covered ridge extending 7 km in southeast-northwest direction, 1.9 km wide and rising to 1292 m
[Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.]
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in the north foothills of
Forbidden Plateau on
Danco Coast in
Graham Land,
Antarctica. It surmounts
Rozier Glacier
Rozier Glacier () is a glacier flowing between Pishtachev Peak
Wilhelmina Bay is a bay wide between the Reclus Peninsula and Cape Anna along the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic ...
to the northeast,
Montgolfier Glacier
Montgolfier Glacier () is a glacier situated between Rozier Glacier and Woodbury Glacier and flowing between Balis Ridge and Bacho Kiro Peak into Piccard Cove on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
The glacier was mapped by the Falkla ...
to the southwest, and
Wilhelmina Bay and its southwesterly part
Piccard Cove to the northwest where the ridge ends in
Sophie Cliff.
The ridge is named after the
Thracian god Balis.
Location
Balis Ridge is located at , which is 5.55 km east of
Bacho Kiro Peak
Bacho Kiro Peak ( bg, връх Бачо Киро, vrah Bacho Kiro, ) is a rocky, partly ice-free peak rising to 1419 m[Pishtachev Peak
Wilhelmina Bay is a bay wide between the Reclus Peninsula and Cape Anna along the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-99 led by Adrien de Gerlache. The bay is named ...]
and 7.28 km northwest of
Mount Walker
Mount Walker () is a snow-covered mountain which rises from the northeast part of Forbidden Plateau, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the head of Blanchard Glacier, in northern Graham Land, Antarctica. It was surveyed by Falkland Islands ...
. British mapping in 1980.
Maps
British Antarctic Territory.Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
Notes
References
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 of Bulgaria.
The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
Balis Ridge. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about th ...
.
External links
Balis Ridge.Copernix satellite image
Ridges of Graham Land
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
Danco Coast
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