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Doriones Saddle (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Doriones Saddle (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Saddle (2e)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The ice-covered saddle of elevation 900 m on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, connecting Avroleva Heights on the E to Taran Plateau in Stribog Mountains on the W. Situated 730 m WSW of Opizo Peak, 10.8 km NE of Mount Parry and 6.85 km SE of Blesna Peak. Part of the glacial divide between Laënnec Glacier to the N and Svetovrachene Glacier to the S. British mapping in 1980 and 2008. Named after the ancient Roman station of Doriones in Western Bulgaria.
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