Zhelad Saddle

Location of Danco Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Zhelad Saddle (Bulgarian: седловина Желъд, ‘Sedlovina Zhelad’ \se-dlo-vi-'na 'zhe-l&d\ is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 950 m extending 350 m in the west foothills of Detroit Plateau on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It connects the northwest slopes of Razhana Buttress to Sonketa Ridge, and is part of the glacial divide between Sikorsky Glacier to the north and Trepetlika Glacier to the southwest.

The saddle is named after the settlement of Zhelad in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Zhelad Saddle is located at 64°14′20″S 60°46′03″W / 64.23889°S 60.76750°W / -64.23889; -60.76750Coordinates: 64°14′20″S 60°46′03″W / 64.23889°S 60.76750°W / -64.23889; -60.76750, which is 11.3 km east of Charles Point. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Zhelad Saddle. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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

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