Probuda Ridge
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Mount Anderson (Antarctica)
Mount Anderson is a high mountain in the northern part of the Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Probuda Ridge is trending northeast of the peak, and Ellen Glacier and Embree Glacier drain its eastern and northeastern slopes respectively...
north-northeastwards towards Mount Todd
Mount Todd
Mount Todd is a peak rising to 3,600 m at the north extremity of Probuda Ridge in north-central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It surmounts Embree Glacier to the west, Patleyna Glacier to the northeast and Ellen Glacier to the south-southeast.The peak was named in 1984 by the...
in north-central Sentinel Range
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 wide...
, Ellsworth Mountains
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. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage...
in Antarctica. The ridge features Eyer Peak
Eyer Peak
Eyer Peak is the peak rising to in Probuda Ridge, north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is separated from the north-northeastern part of Probuda Ridge by the high Zvegor Saddle, and surmounts Embree Glacier to the northwest and north, and Ellen Glacier to the...
3368 metres (11,049.9 ft), Mount Press
Mount Press
Mount Press is a peak rising to 3,760 m in the north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is linked to Eyer Peak by Zvegor Saddle, and surmounts Embree Glacier to the north and Ellen Glacier to the southeast...
(3732 metres (12,244.1 ft)) and Mount Todd (3650 metres (11,975.1 ft)), and surmounts Embree Glacier
Embree Glacier
Embree Glacier is a 20 mi long glacier in the north-central part of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, draining the eastern slopes of Mount Hale, Mount Davis and Mount Bentley, the northeast slopes of Mount Anderson, and the northwestern slopes of Probuda Ridge, flowing north-northeastwards and...
to the west and north, Patleyna Glacier
Patleyna Glacier
Patleyna Glacier is the 5.5 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on the east side of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated north of the upper course of Ellen Glacier...
to the northeast, and Ellen Glacier
Ellen Glacier
The Ellen Glacier is an Antarctic glacier in central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, draining the eastern slopes of Mount Anderson and Long Gables and flowing generally SE for 35 km to Barnes Ridge, where it leaves the range and enters the south flowing Rutford Ice Stream.First mapped by...
to the southeast. Linked to Bangey Heights
Bangey Heights
Bangey Heights are the heights rising to 2900 m in north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, extending 12 km in southwest-northeast direction and 10 km in northwest-southeast direction...
to the northeast by Chepino Saddle
Chepino Saddle
Chepino Saddle is the saddle of elevation 2500 m in north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, linking Probuda Ridge to the southwest to Bangey Heights to the northeast...
. The ridge’s summit Mount Press was first ascended by the Australian-Chilean team of Damien Gildea
Damien Gildea
Damien Gildea is an Australian mountaineer and Antarctic explorer who climbed extensively in Antarctica, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, Bolivia, Alaska, New Zealand and elsewhere...
on 31 December 2006.
The ridge is named after the settlement of Probuda in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Probuda Ridge is centred at 78°07′30"S 85°56′00"W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.Maps
- Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.