Veleka Ridge


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. 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.

Location

The summit Veleka Peak is located at which is 2.13 km south of Canetti Peak, 4.36 km southwest of St. Methodius Peak, 3.74 km west of Yambol Peak and 2.4 km north of Botev Point.

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