Balis Ridge


Balis Ridge (italic=no, ‘Rid Balis’ \'rid ba-'lis\ is the rocky, partly ice-covered ridge extending 7 km in southeast-northwest direction, 1.9 km wide and rising to 1100 m in the north foothills of Forbidden Plateau on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It surmounts Rozier Glacier to the northeast, Montgolfier Glacier to the southwest, and Wilhelmina Bay and its southwesterly part Piccard Cove to the northwest where the ridge ends in Sophie Cliff.
The ridge is named after the Thracian god Balis.

Location

Balis Ridge is located at, which is 5.55 km east of Bacho Kiro Peak, 5.34 km south-southwest of Pishtachev Peak and 7.28 km northwest of Mount Walker. British mapping in 1980.

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