Trajan Gate
Trajan Gate (Bulgarian: Траянови врата, ‘Trayanovi Vrata’ \tra-'ya-no-vi vra-'ta\) is the flat saddle of elevation ca. 850 m extending 4.3 km on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, which is situated between Malorad Glacier to the north and a Russell West Glacier to the south. Linking Mount Ignatiev and Srednogorie Heights to the west, and Louis-Philippe Plateau to the east.
The hill is named after the Gate of Trajan, a mountain pass in western Bulgaria.
Location[]
Trajan Gate is centred at 63°36′30″S 58°35′30″W / 63.60833°S 58.59167°WCoordinates: 63°36′30″S 58°35′30″W / 63.60833°S 58.59167°W. German-British mapping in 1996.
Maps[]
- 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), 1993–2016.
References[]
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links[]
- Trajan Gate. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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