Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.Topographic map of Smith Island.
Kostenets Saddle (Bulgarian: Костенечка седловина, ‘Kostenechka Sedlovina’ \'ko-ste-nech-ka se-dlo-vi-'na\) is the saddle of elevation 1302 m[1][2] in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica bounded by Mount Pisgah to the north and the east ridge of Drinov Peak to the south. It overlooks the head of Vetrino Glacier to the west.
The saddle is named after the town of Kostenets in southwestern Bulgaria.
^Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer
^I.M. Howat, C. Porter, B.E. Smith, M.-J. Noh and P. Morin. Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA). Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2022 (Antarctic REMA Exlorer)
Vetrino Glacier to the west. The saddle is named after the town of Kostenets in southwestern Bulgaria. KostenetsSaddle is located at 62°56′49″S 62°28′07″W...
Kostenets (Bulgarian: Костенец [ˈkɔstɛnɛt͡s]) is a town in Sofia Province in western Bulgaria, and the administrative centre of the Kostenets Municipality...
northwest slopes of Imeon Range north of Drinov Peak, northwest of KostenetsSaddle and west of Mount Pisgah, and flows northwestwards into Drake Passage...
Buka Preslap saddle (1,090 m) to the northwest, the Dupnitsa Valley via the Klisura saddle (1,025 m) to the southwest, and the Kostenets–Dolna Banya Valley...
the north, Kostenets–Dolna Banya Valley to the north-east, Razlog Valley to the south and Blagoevgrad Valley to the south-west. Five saddles link Rila...
the 1870s and named after the battles in Bulgaria of the period. Pleven Saddle on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named...
north, Sredna Gora mountain range to the south, and Koznitsa and Galabets saddles to the east and west, respectively. The town has a population of 6,739...
reign of Emperor Domitian. The Ancient theatre is situated in the natural saddle between two of the Three Hills. It is divided into two parts with 14 rows...
common with the Strandzha (mountain). Probable boundary between them is flat saddle, from which starts the river Popovska. In their hills passes state border...
arranged in 1934. In 1950, Varshets was proclaimed a national resort. Varshets Saddle on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands is named after Varshets. "Varshets"...
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