# Sherba Ridge

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**Sherba Ridge** (Bulgarian: рид Шерба, ‘Rid Sherba’ \'rid 'sher-ba\ is the ice-covered ridge extending 13 km in southeast-northwest direction and 6 km wide, with a northern height rising to 2096 m, central one rising to 2099 and southern to 2143 m[1] in the west foothills of [Avery Plateau](/source/Avery_Plateau) on [Loubet Coast](/source/Loubet_Coast) in [Graham Land](/source/Graham_Land), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). It has steep and partly ice-free southwest, north and east slopes, and surmounts [Widdowson Glacier](/source/Widdowson_Glacier) to the southwest, [Darbel Bay](/source/Darbel_Bay) to the northwest, and [Drummond Glacier](/source/Drummond_Glacier) to the northeast and east.

The ridge is named after the locality of Sherba in eastern [Balkan Mountains](/source/Balkan_Mountains).

## Location

Sherba Ridge is centred at [66°45′23″S 65°34′50″W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=66_45_23_S_65_34_50_W), which is 13.4 km east-southeast of [Rubner Peak](/source/Rubner_Peak), 11.2 km south of [Voit Peak](/source/Voit_Peak) and 6.68 km west of [Zilva Peaks](/source/Zilva_Peaks). British mapping in 1976.

## Maps

- [British Antarctic Territory.](https://web.archive.org/web/20141209162840/https://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=3161) Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
- [Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).](http://www.add.scar.org) 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.](https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/) Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

## References

- [Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.](http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf) [Antarctic Place-names Commission](/source/Antarctic_Place-names_Commission). (details in Bulgarian, [basic data](http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf) in English)
- [Sherba Ridge.](https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137938) [SCAR](/source/Scientific_Committee_on_Antarctic_Research) [Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica](/source/Composite_Gazetteer_of_Antarctica)

## External links

- [Sherba Ridge.](https://copernix.io/#?where=-65.580556,-66.756389,12&?query=&?map_type=hybrid) Copernix satellite image

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