Devin Saddle
Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Devin Saddle from Bransfield Strait.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
Devin Saddle (Devinska Sedlovina \'de-vin-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is a saddle of 500 m in the Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island located between Levski Ridge to the west and Delchev Ridge to the east. It is part of the divide between the glacial catchments of Iskar Glacier to the north and Magura Glacier to the south. It is named after the Bulgarian town of Devin.
Location
The saddle is located at 62°38′56″S 59°58′41″W / 62.64889°S 59.97806°WCoordinates: 62°38′56″S 59°58′41″W / 62.64889°S 59.97806°W, which is 1.7km east of Plovdiv Peak and 1 km west-southwest of Ruse Peak.
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.
External links
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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