Bredichinryggen

Bredichinryggen is a mountain ridge in Sørkapp Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about fourteen kilometers. and is located south of Hornsund, east of the glaciers of Vestjøkulen and Chomjakovbreen, and west of Austjøkulen and Mendeleevbreen. The ridge is named after Russian astronomer Fyodor Bredikhin. The ridge comprises the mountains Knattberget, Austjøkultinden, Hjelmen, Steinhatten, Stuptinden, Černajafjellet, Bladegga, Smalegga, Starostinfjellet and Bautaen.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Bredichinryggen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

Coordinates: 76°55′22″N 16°28′37″E / 76.9228°N 16.4769°E / 76.9228; 16.4769

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