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.
Location of Trinity Peninsula.
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. 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). 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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