Bogdan Ridge is a conspicuous rocky ridge of elevation 440 m forming the northeast extremity of Breznik Heights

Breznik Heights

Breznik Heights rises to over 600 m in the southeast part of Greenwich Island. They extend 12 km between Santa Cruz Point in the north east and the base of the moraine spit at the mouth of Yankee Harbour in the southwest...

, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

, Antarctica. The ridge extends 1.3 km westwards from Santa Cruz Point

Santa Cruz Point

Santa Cruz Point, also Spencer Bluff, is a rocky point forming the east extremity of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and the southwest side of the entrance to English Strait...

 and surmounts Gruev Cove

Gruev Cove

Gruev Cove is the 300 m wide cove indenting for 650 m the east coast of Greenwich Island, in the South Shetland Islands south of Santa Cruz Point and north of Parchevich Ridge...

 to the south.

The feature is named after Bogdan Peak, the summit of Sredna Gora Mountain

Sredna Gora

Sredna Gora is a mountain range in central Bulgaria, situated south of and parallel to Balkan mountain range and extending from the river Iskar to the west and the elbow of Tundzha north of Yambol to the east. Sredna Gora is 285 km long, reaching 50 km at its greatest width...

 in Central Bulgaria.

Location

The summit of the ridge is located at 62°30′01"S 59°33′57"W which is 630 m west of Santa Cruz Point, 920 m east-northeast of Benkovski Nunatak

Benkovski Nunatak

Benkovski Nunatak is a rocky peak of elevation 450 m projecting from the ice cap of Greenwich Island in the northeast extremity of Breznik Heights. Situated 920 m west-southwest of Bogdan Ridge, and 690 m north of Parchevich Ridge. Overlooking Gruev Cove to the east...

 and 4.38 km southeast of López Nunatak

López Nunatak

López Nunatak is a rocky ridge of elevation 275 m forming the north extremity of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting Fuerza Aérea Glacier to the south-southwest, and Ash Point and the Chilean Antarctic base Arturo Prat to the northwest.The...

 (British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

• 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.

Reference

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.