Madan Saddle
Madan Saddle ( mountain saddle ) |
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Map of Smith Island with the Madan Saddle (lower half of the map) |
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Compass direction | Northwest | Southeast ( Gramada Glacier ) | |
height | 1110 m | ||
Smith Island , South Shetland Islands | |||
Mountains | Imeon Range | ||
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Coordinates | 63 ° 1 '34 " S , 62 ° 36' 23" W |
The Madan Saddle (English; Bulgarian Маданска седловина Madanska sedlowina ) is a 1110 m high mountain saddle on Smith Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the Imeon Range, it lies between Neofit Peak in the northeast and Riggs Peak in the south-southwest. The Gramada Glacier is southeast of it. To the northwest, it leads to the stretch of coast between Lista Point and Lakatnik Point .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2008. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in the same year after the city of Madan in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Madan Saddle in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)