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Verdikal Gap

Verdikal Gap (Bulgarian: Вердикалска седловина, ‘Verdikalska Sedlovina’ ver-di-'kal-ska se-dlo-vi-'na) is the flat ice-covered saddle of elevation over 750 m on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, part of the ice divide between Bransfield Strait and Prince Gustav Channel. It is extending 5.3 km between Louis-Philippe Plateau to the north and Mount Canicula and Trakiya Heights to the south, and overlooking Russell West Glacier to the west and Russell East Glacier to the southeast.

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The gap is named after the settlement of Verdikal in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Verdikal Gap is centred at 63°41′00″S 58°30′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). Since 1993, regularly updated.

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    Verdikal Gap Wikipedia
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