Karnobat Pass
| Karnobat Pass | |||
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 View from Ravda Peak to the Karnobat Pass |
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| Compass direction | Devnya Valley (west) | Iskar Glacier (East) | |
| Pass height | 720 m | ||
| Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |||
| Mountains | Tangra Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 '45 " S , 60 ° 2' 0" W | ||
The Karnobat Pass ( Bulgarian Карнобатски проход Karnobatski prochod ) is a 720 m high mountain pass on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the Levski Ridge of the Tangra Mountains, it is located between the Helmet Peak towering south and Intuition Peak in the north. It connects the Devnya Valley with the area on the Iskar Glacier 5.4 km east of Lozen Saddle .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it between 2004 and 2005. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2005 after the city of Karnobat in southeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Karnobat Pass in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)