Urvich Wall [SEP] continent
Urvich Wall
Urvich Wall (, ‘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.
The feature's northern part lies in the Antarctic Specially Protected Area "ASPA 126
Byers Peninsula", more specifically in one of its two restricted zones.
The ridge is named after the medieval fortress of Urvich in Plana Mountain, Bulgaria.
Location.
Urvich Wall is centred at . 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. . Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of