Zlidol Gate
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
Zlidol Gate (Bulgarian: Злидолска порта, ‘Zlidolska Porta’ \'zli-dol-ska 'por-ta\) is the saddle of elevation over 800 m on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula separating Detroit Plateau to the west from Trakiya Heights to the east. The feature is horseshoe-shaped, jutting out to Russell West Glacier to the north, with its southern approach from Victory Glacier narrowing to 500 m.
The saddle is named after the settlement of Zlidol in northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Zlidol Gate is located at 63°44′10″S 58°37′40″W / 63.73611°S 58.62778°WCoordinates: 63°44′10″S 58°37′40″W / 63.73611°S 58.62778°W. German-British mapping in 1996.
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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