Kostinbrod Pass (Bulgarian: Костинбродски проход, ‘Kostinbrodski Prohod’ \'ko-stin-brod-ski 'pro-hod\) is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 1417 m[1] separating Doyran Heights from Flowers Hills in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It is part of the glacial divide between Valoga Glacier and Sikera Valley.
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Vinson-Map.jpg/220px-Vinson-Map.jpg)
The pass is named after the town of Kostinbrod in Western Bulgaria.
Location
editKostinbrod Pass is centred at 78°25′59″S 84°28′19″W / 78.43306°S 84.47194°W, which is 6.16 km northeast of Mount Havener, 9.53 km south of Dickey Peak and 7.32 km west-northwest of Gubesh Peak. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.
Maps
edit- Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Notes
edit- ^ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
References
edit- Kostinbrod Pass. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- Kostinbrod Pass. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.