Zavet Saddle

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Smith Island.

Zavet Saddle (Bulgarian: седловина Завет, ‘Sedlovina Zavet’ \se-dlo-vi-'na 'za-vet\) is a saddle of elevation 1410 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands bounded by Slaveykov Peak to the southwest and the summit Mount Foster to the northeast. Overlooking Dragoman Glacier to the southeast and Bistra Glacier to the northwest. The feature is named after the town of Zavet in northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

The saddle is located at 63°00′26″S 62°33′37″W / 63.00722°S 62.56028°W / -63.00722; -62.56028Coordinates: 63°00′26″S 62°33′37″W / 63.00722°S 62.56028°W / -63.00722; -62.56028 (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

Maps

References

The southeast side of Smith Island from Osmar Strait

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


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