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Veregava Ridge ( bg, хребет Верегава, ‘Hrebet Veregava’ \'hre-bet ve-re-'ga-va\) is the ridge rising to 3210 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
at Mount Waldron in the northeast foothills of
Vinson Massif Vinson Massif () is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located ...
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Sentinel Range The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km (15 to 30 mi) wide. Ma ...
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Ellsworth Mountains The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minnesota ...
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. The feature extends 15.7 km in southwest–northeast direction and 6 km in southeast–northwest direction, and has its interior drained by Berisad Glacier and Orizari Glacier. It is bounded by Dater Glacier to the west and north, and its tributary Hansen Glacier to the southeast, and separated from
Doyran Heights Doyran Heights ( bg, Дойрански възвишения, Doyranski Vazvisheniya, ) are the heights rising to 3473 mManole Pass Manole Pass ( bg, проход Маноле, ‘Prohod Manole’ \'pro-hod ma-'no-le\) is the ice-covered saddle of elevation
. The ridge is named after the eastern Balkan Mountains (old Bulgarian name Veregava).


Location

Veregava Ridge is centred at . US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.


Maps


Vinson Massif.
Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.


Notes


Features

Geographical features include:
* Berisad Glacier * Dater Glacier * Hansen Glacier * Kushla Peak *
Manole Pass Manole Pass ( bg, проход Маноле, ‘Prohod Manole’ \'pro-hod ma-'no-le\) is the ice-covered saddle of elevation
* Mount Waldron * Orizari Glacier * Parangalitsa Peak * Sipey Bluff


References


Veregava Ridge.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)


External links


Veregava Ridge.
Copernix satellite image Ridges of Ellsworth Land Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub