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ponor+saddle Latitude and Longitude:

78°43′00″S 84°58′00″W / 78.71667°S 84.96667°W / -78.71667; -84.96667
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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Sentinel Range map.

Ponor Saddle ( Bulgarian: седловина Понор, ‘Sedlovina Ponor’ \se-dlo-vi-'na po-'nor\) is the 1.6 km long ice-covered flat saddle of elevation 2340 m [1] linking Mount Allen and Mount Liptak in southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. It is part of the glacial divide between Bolgrad Glacier and Kornicker Glacier.

The feature is named after the settlement of Ponor in western Bulgaria.

Location

The midpoint of Ponor Saddle is located at 78°43′00″S 84°58′00″W / 78.71667°S 84.96667°W / -78.71667; -84.96667, which is 1.44 km north of Mount Liptak, 4 km east-southeast of Krusha Peak, and 2.38 km south-southeast of Mount Allen, according to US mapping in 1988.

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Notes

  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

External links

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



ponor+saddle Latitude and Longitude:

78°43′00″S 84°58′00″W / 78.71667°S 84.96667°W / -78.71667; -84.96667
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Sentinel Range map.

Ponor Saddle ( Bulgarian: седловина Понор, ‘Sedlovina Ponor’ \se-dlo-vi-'na po-'nor\) is the 1.6 km long ice-covered flat saddle of elevation 2340 m [1] linking Mount Allen and Mount Liptak in southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. It is part of the glacial divide between Bolgrad Glacier and Kornicker Glacier.

The feature is named after the settlement of Ponor in western Bulgaria.

Location

The midpoint of Ponor Saddle is located at 78°43′00″S 84°58′00″W / 78.71667°S 84.96667°W / -78.71667; -84.96667, which is 1.44 km north of Mount Liptak, 4 km east-southeast of Krusha Peak, and 2.38 km south-southeast of Mount Allen, according to US mapping in 1988.

Maps

Notes

  1. ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

External links

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



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