Vola Ridge ( bg, рид Вола, ‘Rid Vola’ \'rid 'vo-la\) is the mostly ice-covered triple-peaked ridge extending 2.6 km in south-southeast to north-northwest direction and 1.1 km wide, with a central height rising to 879 m and southern one of 933 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 on the southeast side of

Sofia University Mountains Sofia University Mountains (планина Софийски Университет \pla-ni-'na so-'fiy-ski u-ni-ver-si-'tet\) are a cluster of four small mountains, long in the southwest-northeast direction and wide, rising to ca. (Mount Klim ...

in northern Alexander Island,

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. It surmounts

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to the northwest and

Nichols Snowfield Nichols Snowfield () is a snowfield, 22 nautical miles (41 km) long and 8 nautical miles (15 km) wide, bounded by the Rouen Mountains and Elgar Uplands to the east and Lassus Mountains to the west, in the north part of Alexander Island, ...

to the southeast. The ridge was visited on 2 February 1988 by the geological survey team of

Christo Pimpirev Christo Pimpirev ( bg, Христо Пимпирев) is a Bulgarian scientist (geologist) and polar explorer. Academic career He was born on Friday, 13 February 1953 in Sofia, Bulgaria. After graduating from Sofia University with a master's d ...

and Borislav Kamenov (First Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition), and Philip Nell and Peter Marquis (

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). The feature is named after the protected site of Vola in Western

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Location

The central height of the ridge is located at , which is 7.41 km northeast of

Mount Kliment Ohridski Mount Kliment Ohridski ( bg, връх Климент Охридски, vrah Kliment Ohridski, ) is the highest ridge (1422m

, 12.91 km east of

Mount Wilbye Mount Wilbye () is the highest peak (about ) of the Lassus Mountains in the north part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It is situated 10.24 km north by west of Mount Devol. The mountain was first mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne A ...

in Lassus Mountains, 9.88 km southeast of

Mount Braun Mount Braun is a mountain rising to about in the northwest extremity of Sofia Mountains in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. The feature forms the northeast part of a horseshoe-shaped ridge east-southeast of Mount Holt. It was named by ...

, 6.41 km south-southwest of the central height of Landers Peaks, 6.03 km east-southeast of

Lizard Nunatak Lizard Nunatak () is a nunatak rising to about situated within the Nichols Snowfield, in the northern portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It is situated 12 km east by north of Mount Kliment Ohridski and 9 km south-southeast of the ...

and 7.04 km north of

Shaw Nunatak Shaw Nunatak () is a nunatak rising to 500 m in Nichols Snowfield, northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. It is situated 5.3 km north-northeast of Rachenitsa Nunatak, 4.23 km east-southeast of Tipits Knoll and 7 km southeast of Mo ...

Maps

* British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. 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). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

Notes

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Vola 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

Vola Ridge.
Copernix satellite image Ridges of Alexander Island Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{AlexanderIsland-geo-stub