Zmeevo Pass (, ‘Prohod Zmeevo’ \'pro-hod 'zme-e-vo\) is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 2110 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in

Sullivan Heights Sullivan Heights () is a compact group of mountains in western Antarctica rising to in Mount Levack centered east-northeast of Mount Tyree in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Roughly elliptical in plan and long, the feature includes s ...

on the east side 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 ...

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 ...

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separating Mount Farrell from the ridge of Mount Levack. It is part of the glacial divide between

Pulpudeva Glacier Pulpudeva Glacier (, ) is the long and wide glacier in Sullivan Heights, Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is draining the area northeast of Nebeska Peak, north of Johnson Col and northwest of Mount Farrell, flowing ...

and

Strinava Glacier Strinava Glacier (, ) is the 6 km long and 3 km wide glacier in Sullivan Heights on the east side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is draining the northeast slopes of Mount Farrell and the southeast slopes o ...

. The feature is named after the settlement of Zmeevo in northeastern and Zmeyovo in southern

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Location

Zmeevo Pass is located at , which is 1.1 km north-northwest of Mount Farrell and 3.35 km south of Mount Levack. US mapping in 1988.

Maps

Vinson Massif.
Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Notes

References

Zmeevo Pass.

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.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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External links

Zmeevo Pass.
Copernix satellite image Mountain passes of Ellsworth Land Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub