Shipka Saddle

Shipka Saddle

Shipka Saddle (Shipchenska Sedlovina 'ship-chen-ska se-dlo-vi-'na) is a deep ice-covered saddle in Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica between Friesland Ridge to the W and Levski Ridge to the E. The feature is 250 m long, with an elevation over 1,000 m. It forms part of the divide between the glacial catchments of Huron Glacier to the N and Macy Glacier to the S.

Shipka is the name of a pass in the Stara Planina (Balkan Mountains) in central Bulgaria.

Location

The saddle midpoint is located at coord|62|39|51|S|60|07|55|W| which is 2,950 m E by N of Mount Friesland and 3,450 m SSE of Kuzman Knoll (UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys mapping in 1968; rough Argentine mapping in 1980. Co-ordinates, elevation and distances given according to a 1995-96 Bulgarian topographic survey.

References

External links

* [http://www3.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer] .

* [http://www.mfa.government.bg/uploads/imgs/Livingston/livingston.jpgReference Map]


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