Taridin Ridge

Location of Aristotle Mountains on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Taridin Ridge (Bulgarian: хребет Таридин, ‘Hrebet Taridin’ \'hre-bet ta-ri-'din\) is the rocky Y-shaped ridge extending 20 km in east-west direction, 7.15 km wide, and rising to 1379 m[1] (Mount Mayhew) in central Aristotle Mountains on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land. It surmounts Pequod Glacier to the north and Starbuck Glacier to the south. The feature is named after Taridin, governor in Southwestern Bulgaria under Czar Boris I and Czar Simeon I (9th-10th century).

  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019