Wranja Pass
| Wranja Pass ( mountain saddle ) |
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| height | 2100 m | ||
| Northwest ( Crosswell Glacier ) | East ( Hinkley Glacier ) | ||
| Mountains | Ellsworth Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 26 '33 " S , 85 ° 21' 30" W | ||
The Wranja Pass ( Bulgarian проход Враня prochod Wranja ) is a 2100 m high and icy saddle in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains , it separates the Sullivan Heights from the Vinson massif . It is located 10.9 km northeast of Mount Vinson , 8.51 km east of Mount Shinn , 1.74 km south of Mount Segers , 4.2 km north-northwest of Vanand Peak and 9.98 km west-northwest of Mount Waldron. The pass is part of the watershed between Crosswell Glacier in the northwest and Hinkley Glacier in the east.
American scientists mapped it in 1988. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2011 after the town of Vranja in southwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Vranya Pass in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)