Viamata Saddle

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Viamata Saddle (Bulgarian: седловина Виамата, ‘Sedlovina Viamata’ \se-dlo-vi-'na vi-a-'ma-ta\) is the ice-covered saddle of elevation 600 m on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, connecting Stavertsi Ridge on the east-northeast to Stribog Mountains on the west-southwest. It is part of the glacial divide between Paré Glacier to the northwest and a part of the ice cap draining east-southeastwards into Hill Bay.

The saddle is named after the ancient Roman station of Viamata in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Viamata Saddle is locted at 64°09′42″S 62°14′15″W / 64.16167°S 62.23750°W / -64.16167; -62.23750Coordinates: 64°09′42″S 62°14′15″W / 64.16167°S 62.23750°W / -64.16167; -62.23750, which is 6.53 km south-southeast of Virchow Hill, 3.35 km southwest of Mount Cabeza, 7.67 km west-northwest of Petroff Point and 1 km north-northeast of Regianum Peak. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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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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