Paril Saddle | |
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 Paril Saddle from St. Kliment Ohridski Base | |
  Paril Saddle | |
| Coordinates: 62°41′01.5″S 60°11′53″W / 62.683750°S 60.19806°W | |
| Location | Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica |
| Part of | Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains |
| Etymology | Paril and the adjacent Paril Saddle, Bulgaria |
| Elevation | 1,398 m (4,587 ft) |
Paril Saddle (Parilska Sedlovina \pa-'ril-ska se-dlo-vi-'na\) is a saddle of elevation 1,398 m (4,587 ft)[1] in Friesland Ridge in Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, Antarctica. Bounded by St. Boris Peak to the northeast, and Simeon Peak to the southwest. Overlooking Macy Glacier to the east and southeast, and Huntress Glacier to the west and northwest. Bulgarian topographic survey in 1995/96 (estimated elevation 1,390 m (4,560 ft)), and mapping in 2005 and 2009. It was first visited and GPS-surveyed by the Bulgarian climbers D. Boyanov, N. Petkov and N. Hazarbasanov on 15 January 2017.[2]
The feature is named after the settlement of Paril and the adjacent homonymous saddle between Pirin Mountain and Slavyanka Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria.
- ^ N. Petkov. Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition: Summits of Tangra Mountain. 19 January 2017. (in Bulgarian)
- ^ D. Boyanov and N. Petkov. The Peaks of Tangra Mountains: Project Report Part Two 2016/17. Sofia, February 2017 (in Bulgarian)