Prelez Gap
Prelez Gap (Bulgarian: седловина Прелез, ‘Sedlovina Prelez’ \se-dlo-vi-'na 'pre-lez\) is the flat ice-covered saddle of elevation 793 m[1] on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, which is linking Marescot Ridge to the northwest to Louis-Philippe Plateau to the southeast. It is overlooking the upper course of Malorad Glacier to the west.
The gap is named after the settlement of Prelez in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location[]
Prelez Gap is centred at 63°34′08″S 58°32′11″W / 63.56889°S 58.53639°WCoordinates: 63°34′08″S 58°32′11″W / 63.56889°S 58.53639°W. German-British mapping in 1996.
WikiMiniAtlasMaps[]
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Notes[]
- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References[]
- Prelez Gap. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links[]
- Prelez Gap. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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