Mrahori Saddle (, ‘Sedlovina Mrahori’ \se-dlo-vi-'na mra-'ho-ri\) is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 1102 m
[Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.]
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 on
Nordenskjöld Coast
The Nordenskjöld Coast (64° 30' S 60° 30' W) is located on the Antarctic Peninsula, more specifically Graham Land, which is the top region of the Peninsula. The Peninsula is a thin, long ice sheet with an Alpine-style mountain chain. The coast ...
in
Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee ...
,
Antarctica
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linking
to the north to
Lovech Heights to the south. It is part of the glacial divide between
Rogosh Glacier and
Zlokuchene Glacier.
The feature is named after the settlement of
Mrahori in northern
Bulgaria
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.
Location
Mrahori Saddle is located at , which is 1.9 km north of
Mount Moriya, 21.18 km east of
Mount Quandary, and 14.2 km southwest of
Tillberg Peak.
British
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mapping in 1978.
Maps
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
Notes
References
Mrahori Saddle.SCAR
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Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
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.
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
Mrahori Saddle.Copernix satellite image
Mountain passes of Graham Land
Nordenskjöld Coast
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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