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The'''Pliska Ridge''' (Vrah Pliska \'vr&h 'pli-ska\) is a three-peaked ridge rising to 667 m in eastern [[Livingston Island]], [[Antarctica]]. Its central and highest peak is located 2.6 km ENE of Willan Nunatak (449 m), 1.7 km SE of Burdick Peak (773 m, summit of Burdick Ridge), 3.53 km SSW of Mount Bowles, 3.68 km WSW of Kuzman Knoll, and 3.6 km NW of Mount Friesland. The feature is 1.6 km long and 500 m wide, its axis trending due E-W, with precipitous southern slopes. IceIt is ice covered except for segments of its easternmost peak (646 m). Boundedand is bounded to the NW by Orpheus Gate, to the N by the head of Perunika Glacier, to the E by Nesebar Gap, and to the S and W by the head of Huntress Glacier, the latter flowing 6 km southwestwards into False Bay.

'''Pliska Ridge'''

A name of national culture and geography. Pliska is the name of a settlement in north-eastern Bulgaria, which in the seventh century became the capital of the First Bulgarian Kingdom.

Vrah Pliska \'vr&h 'pli-ska\

==Location==

Summit: 62°38'44.4" S; 60°13'49.5" W (62.6457° S; 60.2304° W)

The summit of the ridge is located at {{coor dms|62|38|44|S|60|13|49|W|}} (Rough British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1991, Bulgarian mapping from topographic surveys in 1995/96 and 2004/05).

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The three-peaked ridge rising to 667 m in eastern Livingston Island. Its central and highest peak is located 2.6 km ENE of Willan Nunatak (449 m), 1.7 km SE of Burdick Peak (773 m, summit of Burdick Ridge), 3.53 km SSW of Mount Bowles, 3.68 km WSW of Kuzman Knoll, and 3.6 km NW of Mount Friesland. The feature is 1.6 km long and 500 m wide, its axis trending due E-W, with precipitous southern slopes. Ice covered except for segments of its easternmost peak (646 m). Bounded to the NW by Orpheus Gate, to the N by the head of Perunika Glacier, to the E by Nesebar Gap, and to the S and W by the head of Huntress Glacier, the latter flowing 6 km southwestwards into False Bay.

Registered in the*[http://www3.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer].

*[http://www.mfa.government.bg/uploads/imgs/Livingston/livingston.jpg Reference Map]

Rough British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1991, Bulgarian mapping from topographic surveys in 1995/96 and 2004/05.

{{Bulgarian-named Antarctic place}}

A name of national culture and geography. Pliska is the name of a settlement in north-eastern Bulgaria, which in the seventh century became the capital of the First Bulgarian Kingdom.

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Registered in the SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

[[Category:South Shetland Islands]]

Text authorized for publication in Wikipedia by the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria.

[[Category:Geography of Livingston Island]]

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