Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Doriones Saddle (Bulgarian: седловина Дорионес, ‘Sedlovina Doriones’ \se-dlo-vi-'na do-ri-'o-nes\) is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 962 m (3,156 ft)[1] on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, connecting Avroleva Heights on the east to Taran Plateau in Stribog Mountains on the west. It is part of the glacial divide between Laënnec Glacier to the north and Svetovrachene Glacier to the south.

The saddle is named after the ancient Roman station of Doriones in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Doriones Saddle is located at 64°13′15″S 62°12′05″W / 64.22083°S 62.20139°W / -64.22083; -62.20139, which is 730 m (2,400 ft) west-southwest of Opizo Peak, 10.8 km (6.7 mi) northeast of Mount Parry and 6.85 km (4.26 mi) southeast of Blesna Peak. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

Maps

Notes

  1. ↑ Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019

References

Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Stribog Mountains occupy most of the central and the right, near part of the island.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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