Presian Ridge
First ascent by the Catalans Francesc Sàbat and Jorge Enrique from Juan Carlos I Base on 30 December 1991.
The ridge is named after Khan Presian of Bulgaria, 836-852 AD, who brought the Bulgarian lands in Macedonia together with those in Thrace, Moesia, Panonia, Dacia and Scythia.
Location
The summit point of the ridge is located at 62°40′03.8″S 60°09′55.3″W / 62.667722°S 60.165361°W, which is 1.11 km east of Mount Friesland, 4.14 km southeast of Pliska Peak, 3.54 km south by west of Kuzman Knoll, 1.24 km west-southwest of Lyaskovets Peak and 4.08 km north-northwest of Peshev Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05, and mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
- South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Sheet W 62 60. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
- Islas Livingston y Decepción. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:100000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991.
- S. Soccol, D. Gildea and J. Bath. Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:100000 satellite map. The Omega Foundation, USA, 2004.
- L.L. Ivanov et al., Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), 1:100000 scale topographic map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2005
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
- A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023. ISBN 978-619-90008-6-1
Gallery
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Presian Ridge from the west slope of Lyaskovets Peak, with Mount Friesland in the background.
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Presian Ridge from Lyaskovets Peak and, in the background, Mount Friesland with ‘The Synagogue’ on the left.
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The survey route of Tangra 2004/05 including Presian Ridge.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island.
References
- Presian Ridge. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Presian Ridge. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.