
Kasilag Pass (, ‘Kasilashki Prohod’ \'ka-si-lash-ki 'pro-hod\) is an ice-covered saddle of elevation
[Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.]
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in the
Ellsworth Mountains
The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minneso ...
of
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...
. It is situated west of
Mount Mullen, separates
Petvar Heights to the east from
Owen Ridge, the southernmost portion of the main crest of
Sentinel Range
The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is wide. Many peaks rise over and Vinson Mass ...
to the west, and is part of the glacial divide between
Kornicker Glacier to the north and
Wessbecher Glacier to the south.
The feature is named after the settlement of Kasilag in Western Bulgaria.
Location
Kasilag Pass is centred at , northeast of
Mount Inderbitzen and southeast of
Mount Milton (U.S. mapping in 1961, updated in 1988).
Maps
* Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Notes
References
Kasilag Pass SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission
The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.
The Commis ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
External links
Kasilag Pass.Copernix satellite image
Mountain passes of Ellsworth Land
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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