Srem Gap

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Srem Gap (Bulgarian: Сремска седловина, ‘Sremska Sedlovina’ \'srem-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is the flat saddle of elevation over 700 m extending 1.35 km on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, which is situated between Russell West Glacier to the northwest and a tributary glacier to Russell East Glacier to the southeast. Linking Irakli Peak and Trakiya Heights to the southwest, and Mount Canicula to the northeast.

The feature is named after the settlement of Srem in southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Srem Gap is located at 63°43′20″S 58°32′20″W / 63.72222°S 58.53889°W / -63.72222; -58.53889Coordinates: 63°43′20″S 58°32′20″W / 63.72222°S 58.53889°W / -63.72222; -58.53889. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Srem Gap. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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