Verdikal Gap
| Verdikal Gap | |||
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| Compass direction | West ( Russell West Glacier ) | Southeast ( Russell East Glacier ) | |
| Pass height | 750 m | ||
| Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 58 ° 30 ′ 30 ″ W | ||
The Verdikal Gap (English, Bulgarian Вердикалска седловина Werdikalska sedlowina ) is about 750 m high, 5.3 km wide, icy and flattened mountain saddle in the north of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the Trinity Peninsula , it is part of the watershed between Bransfieldstrasse and the Prince Gustav Canal . It extends from the Louis Philippe Plateau in the north to Mount Canicula and the Trakiya Heights in the south and separates the Russell West from the Russell East Glacier .
German and British scientists mapped it together in 1996. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the town of Werdikal in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Verdikal Gap in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)