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Trajan Gate

Trajan Gate (Bulgarian: Траянови врата, ‘Trayanovi Vrata’ ra-'ya-no-vi vra-'ta) is the flat saddle of elevation ca. 850 m extending 4.3 km on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula, which is situated between Malorad Glacier to the north and a Russell West Glacier to the south. Linking Mount Ignatiev and Srednogorie Heights to the west, and Louis-Philippe Plateau to the east.

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The hill is named after the Gate of Trajan, a mountain pass in western Bulgaria.

Location

Trajan Gate is centred at 63°36′30″S 58°35′30″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), 1993–2016.
  • References

    Trajan Gate Wikipedia