Sinitovo Gap

Location of Danco Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Sinitovo Gap (Bulgarian: седловина Синитово, ‘Sedlovina Sinitovo’ \se-dlo-vi-'na si-'ni-to-vo\ is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 1100 m extending 1.6 km in the northwest foothills of Detroit Plateau on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It connects Perkos Dome on the south to Kaliva Range on the northwest, and is part of the glacial divide between Wright Ice Piedmont to the east and Breguet Glacier to the west.

The saddle is named after the settlement of Sinitovo in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Sinitovo Gap is located at 64°11′50″S 60°29′00″W / 64.19722°S 60.48333°W / -64.19722; -60.48333Coordinates: 64°11′50″S 60°29′00″W / 64.19722°S 60.48333°W / -64.19722; -60.48333, which is 30.4 km southeast of Cape Sterneck (Herschel). British mapping in 1978.

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


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