Catalunyan Saddle
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Catalunyan Saddle (Katalunska Sedlovina \ka-ta-'lun-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is a saddle of 1260 m height in the Friesland Ridge of the Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island. The saddle is bounded by Lyaskovets Peak to the east and by Presian Ridge to the west. The saddle was named in honour of the Catalunyan scientists and mountain guides from Juan Carlos I base who established the first route via the saddle to Mount Friesland in 1991.
[edit] Location
The saddle is located at which is 11.5 km east of St. Kliment Ohridski base and 3.4 km south of Kuzman Knoll. Part of the saddle is occupied by an amazingly-shaped ice-covered feature called the Sphinx.
The saddle was occupied by a bivouac of the Tangra 2004/05 Survey team (Lyubomir Ivanov and Doychin Vasilev) during 14 December–16 December 2004 and was mapped in 2005.
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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
