Starosel Gate
| Starosel Gate ( notch ) |
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 View from Bransfield Street to the Starosel Gate (foreground: Bojana Glacier ) |
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| Compass direction | Macy Glacier (north) | Bojana Glacier (south) | |
| height | 500 m | ||
| Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |||
| Mountains | Tangra Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 41 ′ 32 ″ S , 60 ° 6 ′ 32 ″ W | ||
The Starosel Gate (English; Bulgarian Староселска порта Staroselska porta ) is a 150 m wide and 500 m high mountain pass on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the Levski Ridge of the Tangra Mountains, it lies between St. Naum Peak and the northern end of the Balchik Ridge . It represents the overland connection between the Bojana Glacier and the upper section of the Macy Glacier .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it between 2004 and 2005. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2006 after the town of Starosel in central Bulgaria .
Web links
- Starosel Gate in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)