Skamni Saddle

Skamni Saddle (Bulgarian: седловина Скамни, ‘Sedlovina Skamni’ \se-dlo-vi-'na 'skam-ni\) is the 1.3 km long ice-covered saddle of elevation 1750 m in northern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica connecting Mount Wyatt Earp on the northwest to Matsch Ridge in Gromshin Heights on the southeast.

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Map of northern Sentinel Range.

The saddle is named after Skamni Point on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

Location

Skamni Saddle is located at 77°35′34″S 86°13′55″W, which is 4.6 km northwest of Mount Ulmer, 13 km east by south of the north extremity of the main ridge of Sentinel Ridge, and 12 km southwest of Kipra Gap. US mapping in 1961.

Maps

• Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References

• Skamni Saddle. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Skamni Saddle. Copernix satellite image

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