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| Veleka Ridge | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Veleka Ridge from southwest | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 538 m (1,765 ft) |
| Prominence | 538 |
| Coordinates | 62°44′32.1″S 60°18′34″W / 62.742250°S 60.30944°W |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Parent range | Tangra Mountains |
Veleka Ridge is a predominantly ice-free ridge extending 3 km between Charity Glacier in the north and Botev Point in the south, and 1.3 km wide, in the southwest extremity of Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The ice-free surface area of the ridge and the adjacent Arkutino Beach is 468 hectares (1,160 acres).[1] Surmounting Tarnovo Ice Piedmont to the east, Charity Glacier to the north, Arkutino Beach to the west, and Barnard Point and Botev Point to the southwest and south respectively. The ridge's summit Veleka Peak rises to 538 m in its north extremity.
The ridge was named after the Veleka River in southeastern Bulgaria.
- ^ L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4