Vishna Pass

Vishna Pass (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Vishna Pass  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 19085
Name ID: 137416

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

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

Narrative

The ice-covered saddle of elevation 550 m separating Poibrene Heights from Forbidden Plateau on Oscar II Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated 2.8 km S of Mount Bistre, 5.7 km W of Kamenov Spur, and 4.75 km N of St. Angelariy Peak in Metlichina Ridge. Part of the glacial divide between Evans Glacier to the N and Punchbowl Glacier to the S. British mapping in 1976. Named after the settlement of Vishna in Eastern Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
65° 06' 05.0" S
-65.10139°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
62° 04' 26.0" W
-62.07389°
Accurate to 0m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Accurate to 0m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
5-Jun-2012

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