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Urvich Wall

Urvich Wall (Bulgarian: Урвичка стена, ‘Urvichka Stena’ \'ur-vich-ka ste-'na) is the narrow ice-free and crescent-shaped ridge rising to 121 m on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and bounded by Nedelya Point to the north and Rish Point to the southeast. Extending 6.7 km and up to 400 m wide, the ridge separates Byers Peninsula to the west from Rotch Dome to the east.

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The ridge is named after the medieval fortress of Urvich in Plana Mountain, Bulgaria.

Location

Urvich Wall is centred at 62°38′50.5″S 61°57′45.8″W. Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

Maps

  • Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992.
  • L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
  • 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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    Urvich Wall Wikipedia
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