Kipra Gap (Bulgarian: седловина Кипра, ‘Sedlovina Kipra’ \se-dlo-vi-'na 'ki-pra\) is the 2 km long, ice-covered pass of elevation 1550 m[1] in northern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica connecting Mount Weems on the north to Gromshin Heights on the south.
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Northern-Sentinel-Map.jpg/220px-Northern-Sentinel-Map.jpg)
The saddle is named after the settlement of Kipra in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
editKipra Gap is located at 77°30′10″S 85°57′20″W / 77.50278°S 85.95556°W, which is 12 km northeast of Skamni Saddle. US mapping in 1961.
Maps
edit- Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
- 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- Kipra Gap. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- Kipra Gap. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.