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Viskyar Ridge
Viskyar Ridge from near Camp Academia
Highest point
Elevation600 m (2,000 ft)
Coordinates62°32′29″S 59°39′29″W / 62.54139°S 59.65806°W / -62.54139; -59.65806
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Parent rangeBreznik Heights
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Viskyar Ridge (’rid vis-’kyar) is a rocky ridge rising to 600 m and extending 2.5 km in north-south direction in Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The ice-free surface area of the ridge is 135 hectares (330 acres).[1] Surmounting Zheravna Glacier to the west and Targovishte Glacier to the east, with its south extremity forming Sartorius Point.

The feature is named after Viskyar Mountain in western Bulgaria.

  1. ^ 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

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