Kostenets Saddle
Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Smith Island.
Kostenets Saddle (Bulgarian: Костенечка седловина, ‘Kostenechka Sedlovina’ \'ko-ste-nech-ka se-dlo-vi-'na\) is the saddle of elevation 1520 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica bounded by Mount Pisgah to the north and the east ridge of Drinov Peak to the south. Overlooking the head of Vetrino Glacier to the west.
The saddle is named after the town of Kostenets in southwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Kostenets Saddle is located at 62°56′49″S 62°28′07″W / 62.94694°S 62.46861°WCoordinates: 62°56′49″S 62°28′07″W / 62.94694°S 62.46861°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
Map
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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