Shipka Valley

Shipka Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Shipka Valley  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 17907
Name ID: 134646

Feature type: Valley (2g)

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The valley extending 2.4 km and 700 m wide in Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island. Descending from Shipka Saddle between the N slopes of Lyaskovets Peak and Levski Peak, and holding a glacier tributary of Huron Glacier. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05. Takes its name from the adjacent Shipka Saddle.

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Location

Latitude:
62° 39' 05.0" S
-62.65139°
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Longitude:
60° 08' 00.0" W
-60.13333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
11-Apr-2005

Related information

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