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Mount Kliment Ohridski

Coordinates: 69°31′04″S 71°23′30″W / 69.51778°S 71.39167°W / -69.51778; -71.39167
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Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
NASA satellite image of Alexander Island

Mount Kliment Ohridski (Bulgarian: връх Климент Охридски, romanizedvrah Kliment Ohridski, IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈklimɛnt ˈɔxritski]) is the highest ridge (1422m[1]) in the Sofia University Mountains on Alexander Island, Antarctica. The feature extends 7 km in the northwest–southeast direction with partly ice-free southern slopes. Shaw Nunatak is located in Nichols Snowfield 4 km off the southeast extremity of Mount Kliment Ohridski.

Following field work in northern Alexander Island by a joint British-Bulgarian party during the summer of 1987–88, the peak was named for Clement of Ohrid in association with the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia.

Location

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The peak is located at 69°31′04″S 71°23′30″W / 69.51778°S 71.39167°W / -69.51778; -71.39167 which is 8.7 km northeast of Mount Devol, 7.15 km east-southeast of Mount Wilbye and 9.12 km south of the summit of Balan Ridge (British mapping of the area from air photos taken by the 1947-48 US Expedition under Ronne).

Maps

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

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