# Balan Ridge

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'''Balan Ridge''' ({{langx|bg|text=хребет Балан|italic=no}}, ‘Hrebet Balan’ \'hre-bet ba-'lan\) is the ridge rising in its southern part to {{convert|860|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=REMA>[https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.] Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019</ref> in the [Sofia University Mountains](/source/Sofia_University_Mountains) on [Alexander Island](/source/Alexander_Island) in [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica).  The ridge is situated {{convert|7|km|abbr=on}} northeast of [Mount Kliment Ohridski](/source/Mount_Kliment_Ohridski), extending {{convert|4.5|km|abbr=on}} in the north-south direction, {{convert|1.45|km|abbr=on}} wide, and is bounded by Poste Valley to the east, by [Palestrina Glacier](/source/Palestrina_Glacier) to the north and its tributary [Yozola Glacier](/source/Yozola_Glacier) to the west.

Balan Ridge is named for the Bulgarian [linguist](/source/linguist), historian and [bibliographer](/source/bibliographer) [Aleksandar Teodorov-Balan](/source/Aleksandar_Teodorov-Balan) (1859–1959), first [rector](/source/Rector_(academia)) of [Sofia University](/source/Sofia_University) and one of the founders of the [tourist movement](/source/tourism) in Bulgaria.

==Location==
Balan Ridge is located at {{coord|69|26|10|S|71|22|30|W|display=inline,title}}.  British mapping in 1963.

==See also==
*[Arenite Ridge](/source/Arenite_Ridge)
*[Polarstar Ridge](/source/Polarstar_Ridge)
*[Grikurov Ridge](/source/Grikurov_Ridge)

==Maps==
*British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3127. DOS 610 – W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971
* [http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

==Notes==
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==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150110225623/https://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=136895 Balan Ridge.] [SCAR](/source/Scientific_Committee_on_Antarctic_Research) [Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica](/source/Composite_Gazetteer_of_Antarctica).
* [http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] [Antarctic Place-names Commission](/source/Antarctic_Place-names_Commission). (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)

==External links==
* [https://copernix.io/#?where=-71.4024658203125,-69.43647277497757,13&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Balan Ridge.] Copernix satellite image

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Category:Ridges of Alexander Island
Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic

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