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Prelez Gap

Prelez Gap (Bulgarian: седловина Прелез, ‘Sedlovina Prelez’ se-dlo-vi-'na 'pre-lez) is the flat ice-covered saddle of elevation over 700 m on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, which is linking Marescot Ridge to the northwest to Louis-Philippe Plateau to the southeast. It is overlooking the upper course of Malorad Glacier to the west.

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The gap is named after the settlement of Prelez in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Prelez Gap is centred at 63°34′30″S 58°32′00″W. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

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    Prelez Gap Wikipedia
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