Madan Saddle
Encyclopedia
Madan Saddle is a saddle of elevation 1110 m in Imeon Range
on Smith Island
, South Shetland Islands
bounded by Neofit Peak
to the northeast and Riggs Peak
to the south-southwest. Overlooking Gramada Glacier
to the southeast. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the town of Madan
in the Rhodope Mountains
, southern Bulgaria
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Imeon Range
Imeon Range is a mountain range occupying the interior of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 30 km in southwest-northeast direction between Cape James and Cape Smith, and 6.8 km wide...
on Smith Island
Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Smith Island is long and wide, lying west of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. Surface area ....
, South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
bounded by Neofit Peak
Neofit Peak
Neofit Peak is an ice-covered peak rising to 1750 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 1.12 km south-southwest of Slaveykov Peak, 3.1 km southwest of the summit Mount Foster, 2.38 km northeast of Riggs Peak and 10.98 km northeast...
to the northeast and Riggs Peak
Riggs Peak
Riggs Peak is a peak rising to 1690 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 2.38 km southwest of Neofit Peak, 5.4 km southwest of the summit Mount Foster, and 8.6 km northeast of Cape James. Overlooking Letnitsa Glacier to the south, and Gramada Glacier...
to the south-southwest. Overlooking Gramada Glacier
Gramada Glacier
Gramada Glacier is a 3 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range east of Riggs Peak, southeast of Madan Saddle and south of Neofit Peak. Flowing southeastward into Osmar Strait. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the town...
to the southeast. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the town of Madan
Madan, Bulgaria
Madan is a town in Smolyan Province, the very south of Bulgaria in the Yellow Share of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Madan Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 6,007 inhabitants.-Geography:...
in the Rhodope Mountains
Rhodope Mountains
The Rhodopes are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece. Its highest peak, Golyam Perelik , is the seventh highest Bulgarian mountain...
, southern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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Map
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
