Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.Presian Ridge (on the left) and Mount Friesland from Wörner Gap.
Presian Ridge (Presiyanov Rid \pre-si-'ya-nov 'rid\) is a ridge of elevation 1456 m extending 950 m in east-weat direction in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated between the island's summit Mount Friesland (1700 m) to the west and Catalunyan Saddle to the east. Surmounting Wörner Gap, Camp Academia locality and upper Huron Glacier to the north, and Macy Glacier to the south.
First ascent by the Catalans Francesc Sàbat and Jorge Enrique from Juan Carlos I Base on 30 December 1991.
The ridge is named after Khan Presian of Bulgaria, 836-852 AD, who brought the Bulgarian lands in Macedonia together with those in Thrace, Moesia, Panonia, Dacia and Scythia.
PresianRidge (Presiyanov Rid \pre-si-'ya-nov 'rid\) is a ridge of elevation 1456 m extending 950 m in east-weat direction in Friesland Ridge, Tangra...
Presian, sometimes enumerated as Presian I (Bulgarian: Пресиян, Персиян, Пресиан) was the khan of Bulgaria in 836–852. He ruled during an extensive expansion...
Pliska Ridge by Nesebar Gap on the west, and to Bowles Ridge by Wörner Gap on the north. On the east, Mount Friesland is connected to PresianRidge and further...
Islands. The saddle is bounded by Lyaskovets Peak to the east and by PresianRidge to the west. The saddle was named in honour of the Catalans Francesc...
699 m), Simeon (1,580 m), St. Cyril (1,505 m), Lyaskovets (1,473 m), PresianRidge (1,456 m), St. Methodius (1,180 m), Academia (1,253 m), and Zograf (1...
578 ft), Bowles Ridge (6.5 km or 4 mi long, elevation 822 m or 2,697 ft), Vidin Heights (8 km or 5 mi, 604 m or 1,982 ft), Burdick Ridge (773 m or 2,536 ft)...
Burdick Ridge is a ridge rising to an elevation of 773 metres (2,536 ft) on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Extending for 1.9 kilometres...
in the left background On the crest of Tangra Mountains, a view from PresianRidge east towards Catalunyan Saddle (with the bivouac of Tangra 2004/05 Survey)...
Ridge from Bransfield Strait; left to right St. Methodius Peak, St. Cyril Peak, Simeon Peak, Paril Saddle, St. Boris Peak, Mount Friesland, Presian Ridge...
Levski Peak on the right On the crest of Tangra Mountains, a view from PresianRidge east towards Catalunyan Saddle (with the bivouac of Tangra 2004/05 Survey)...
reign of Khan Presian I, the region became part of the First Bulgarian Empire. During the Christianization of Bulgaria under Presian's son Boris I, Kutmichevitsa...
and even Germanic tribes. There is no more information of Kuber's life. Presian's reign apparently coincides with the extension of Bulgarian control over...
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