Kormyansko Saddle

Location of Danco Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Kormyansko Saddle (Bulgarian: Кормянска седловина, ‘Kormyanska sedlovina’ \kor-'myan-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\ is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 1100 m in the north foothills of Herbert Plateau on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It connects Obretenik Bastion to Egerika Range on the north, and is part of the glacial divide between Blériot Glacier to the west and Cayley Glacier to the east.

The saddle is named after the settlement of Kormyansko in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Kormyansko Saddle is located at 64°27′44″S 61°01′12″W / 64.46222°S 61.02000°W / -64.46222; -61.02000Coordinates: 64°27′44″S 61°01′12″W / 64.46222°S 61.02000°W / -64.46222; -61.02000, which is 3.7 km north of Obretenik Bastion, 7.1 km southeast of Farman Nunatak and 14 km west-southwest of Mount Berry. British mapping in 1978.

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References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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