Kableshkov Ridge
Encyclopedia
Kableshkov Ridge is the rocky ridge extending 4.5 km in east-southeast direction, 1.5 km wide and rising to 550 m on Nordenskjöld Coast
in Graham Land
, Antarctica. It is bounded by Zaychar Glacier
to the north and Odrin Cove
to the southeast, and linked to Detroit Plateau
to the west.
The ridge is named after Todor Kableshkov
(1851–1876), a leader of the 1876 April Uprising
for Bulgarian independence.
Nordenskjold Coast
Nordenskjold Coast is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Longing and Cape Fairweather. The name was proposed in 1909 by Edwin Swift Balch, for Otto Nordenskiöld, Swedish geographer and leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04, who explored this coast...
in Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, Antarctica. It is bounded by Zaychar Glacier
Zaychar Glacier
Zaychar Glacier is the 7.5 km long and 2.7 km wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It drains the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, flowing east-southeastwards between Grivitsa Ridge and Kableshkov Ridge, and entering Odrin Cove in Weddell Sea 5 km northwest of...
to the north and Odrin Cove
Odrin Cove
Odrin Cove is the 8.5 km wide cove indenting for 6.6 km Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is entered southwest of Fothergill Point.The cove is named after the settlements of Odrintsi in Northeastern and Southern Bulgaria.-Maps:...
to the southeast, and linked to Detroit Plateau
Detroit Plateau
Detroit Plateau is a major interior plateau of Graham Land, with heights between 1,500 and 1,800 m. Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of Russell West Glacier, from which it extends some in a general southwest direction to Herbert Plateau. The plateau was observed from the air by...
to the west.
The ridge is named after Todor Kableshkov
Todor Kableshkov
Todor Kableshkov was a 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary and one of the leaders of the April Uprising....
(1851–1876), a leader of the 1876 April Uprising
April Uprising
The April Uprising was an insurrection organised by the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire from April to May 1876, which indirectly resulted in the re-establishment of Bulgaria as an autonomous nation in 1878...
for Bulgarian independence.
Location
Kableshkov Ridge is centred at 64°31′53"S 60°23′21"W. British mapping in 1978.Map
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.