Telefon Ridge
Telefon Ridge is a ridge rising west of Telefon Bay on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named from association with Telefon Bay by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959.Places of Interest
Highlights include Achala, Mount and Cross Hill.
Achala, Mount
Peak
Mount Achala is a peak rising to 680 m at the north end of Telefon Ridge, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition in 1956, after a mountain in Argentina.
Cross Hill
Peak
Cross Hill is a hill of 525 feet on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands. The hill stands on the west side of the island, to the southwest of Telefon Bay.
Wensleydale Beacon
Peak
Wensleydale Beacon is a hill, 110 m, situated just north of Fumarole Bay, on the west side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955. Aguirre Cerda Research Station is situated 6 km east of Telefon Ridge.
Telefon Ridge
- Type: Peak
- Description: in the South Shetland Islands
- Categories: ridge and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Telefon Ridge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Telefon Ridge”
- Chinese: “泰莱丰岭”
- Chinese: “泰萊豐嶺”
- German: “Telefon Ridge”
- Swedish: “Telefon Ridge”
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