Shipka Saddle

Shipka Saddle (Shipchenska Sedlovina \'ship-chen-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is a deep ice-covered saddle in Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica between Friesland Ridge to the west and Levski Ridge to the east.

Shipka is the name of a pass in the Stara Planina (Balkan Mountains) in central Bulgaria.

The saddle midpoint is located at 62°39′50.3″S 60°07′46″W / 62.663972°S 60.12944°W / -62.663972; -60.12944, which is 2.99 km east of Mount Friesland, 3.52 km south-southeast of Kuzman Knoll, 3.91 km west of Great Needle Peak and 3.95 km north of Peshev Peak (UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys mapping in 1968; rough Argentine mapping in 1980, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

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

This Livingston Island location article is a stub.

Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Shipka Saddle from Bransfield Strait , with Lyaskovets Peak to the left, Levski Peak to the right and Ludogorie Peak in the foreground.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island.