Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Vishna Pass (BGR) | 65° 06' 05.0" S | 62° 04' 26.0" W | |
Name ID: 137416
Place ID: 19085
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. |
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