Zaldapa Ridge is the predominantly ice-free ridge extending 4.6 km in east-west direction and 1.7 km wide on Yatrus Promontory

Yatrus Promontory

Yatrus Promontory is the predominantly ice-free promontory projecting 8 km in east direction from Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land into Prince Gustav Channel south of Eyrie Bay, and ending in Jade Point to the east and Bald Head to the southeast....

 in Graham Land

Graham Land

Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...

, Antarctica, with its twin rocky summits rising to 383 (the west one) and 359 m respectively.

The ridge is named “after the ancient Thracian

Thrace

Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...

 and Roman

Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

 town of Zaldapa

Zaldapa

Zaldapa was a Late Roman fortified town in Scythia Minor/Moesia, located near Abrit, Bulgaria.- External links :*...

 in Northeastern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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”.

Location

The summit of Zaldapa Ridge is located at 63°36′30"S 57°41′34"W, which is 4.55 km east-northeast of McCalman Peak

McCalman Peak

McCalman Peak is the 550 m summit of an east-west trending ridge 3 nautical miles north of Crystal Hill, Trinity Peninsula. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Donald McCalman, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyor at Hope Bay, 1958-59.-Map:* Scale 1:250000...

, 7.06 km south of Abel Nunatak

Abel Nunatak

Abel Nunatak is the easternmost of two isolated nunataks on the south side of Broad Valley, Trinity Peninsula. The name arose at the time of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey geological survey in 1960–61 and is in association with nearby Cain Nunatak, after the biblical brothers Cain and...

 and 4.75 km west by south of Jade Point

Jade Point

Jade Point is a gently sloping rocky point forming the south limit of Eyrie Bay, Trinity Peninsula. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee . The lower slopes of the point are permanently sheathed in greenish-tinged ice, which suggested the descriptive name.-Map:* Scale...

. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

• Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.