Karnare Col

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

Karnare Col (Bulgarian: седловина Кърнаре, ‘Sedlovina Karnare’ \se-dlo-vi-'na k&r-'na-re\) is the narrow rocky col of elevation 2100 m between the southeast slopes of Mount Craddock and the northeast ridge of Mount Strybing, linking Craddock Massif to Owen Ridge in southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It is extending 1.7 km in east-west direction, with a depression in its eastern part. Part of the glacial divide between Nimitz Glacier and Rutford Ice Stream, overlooking Severinghaus Glacier to the southwest and Saltzman Glacier to the northeast.

The col is named after the settlement of Karnare in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Karnare Col is centred at 78°38′50″S 85°07′32″W / 78.64722°S 85.12556°W / -78.64722; -85.12556Coordinates: 78°38′50″S 85°07′32″W / 78.64722°S 85.12556°W / -78.64722; -85.12556. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.

References

• Karnare Col. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.