Semela Ridge

Location of Loubet Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Semela Ridge (Bulgarian: рид Семела, ‘Rid Semela’ \'rid se-'me-la\ is the ice-covered ridge extending 8.5 km in east-west direction and 3.2 km wide, rising to 2026 m[1] in the west foothills of Bruce Plateau on Loubet Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It has steep and partly ice-free south, west and north slopes, and surmounts Erskine Glacier to the south and west, and Byway Glacier to the north.

The ridge is named after the Thracian goddess Semela.

Location

Semela Ridge is located at 66°31′31″S 65°12′48″W, which is 18.7 km north of Bacharach Nunatak, 11.2 km east-northeast of Mount Bain, 5.8 km south of Aleksandrov Peak, 14.58 km south by west of Purmerul Peak and 10.8 km west of Slessor Peak. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

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

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Semela Ridge. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

External links

• Semela Ridge. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.