Ponor Saddle

Ponor Saddle ({{langx|bg|седловина Понор}}, ‘Sedlovina Ponor’ \se-dlo-vi-'na po-'nor\) is the 1.6 km long ice-covered flat saddle of elevation 2340 m[https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica.] Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 linking Mount Allen and Mount Liptak in southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. It is part of the glacial divide between Bolgrad Glacier and Kornicker Glacier.

The feature is named after the settlement of Ponor in western Bulgaria.

Location

The midpoint of Ponor Saddle is located at {{coord|78|43|00|S|84|58|00|W|display=inline, title}}, which is 1.44 km north of Mount Liptak, 4 km east-southeast of Krusha Peak, and 2.38 km south-southeast of Mount Allen, according to US mapping in 1988.

Maps

[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Vinson-Map.jpg Vinson Massif.] Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.

Notes

References

[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137511 Ponor Saddle.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
[http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)

External links

[https://copernix.io/#?where=-84.96666700000003,-78.716667,12&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Ponor Saddle.] Copernix satellite image

Category:Mountain passes of Ellsworth Land

Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic