Leslie Gap

Leslie Gap (Sedlovina Leslie \se-dlo-vi-'na 'les-li\) is a 359 m (1,178 ft) high ice-covered saddle extending 2.8 m (9.2 ft) in south–north direction between Leslie Hill and Radnevo Peak on Varna Peninsula in northeastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The saddle separates the glacial catchments of Kaliakra Glacier to the east and Saedinenie Snowfield to the west. It is part of the overland route from Bowles Ridge to Vidin Heights. The south extremity of the saddle features a minor but conspicuous ice-covered knoll of elevation 404 m (1,325 ft) just north of Leslie Hill. Leslie Gap takes its name from the adjacent Leslie Hill and was first trekked by the Bulgarian Lyubomir Ivanov from Camp Academia on 25 December 2004.

Leslie Gap
Mountain pass
Leslie Gap from Miziya Peak
Leslie Gap
Coordinates: 62°33′20″S 60°11′50″W
Location	Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Etymology	Leslie Hill
Dimensions
• Length	2.8 m (9.2 ft)
Elevation	359 m (1,178 ft)

Location

Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

The gap is centred at 62°33′20″S 60°11′50″W which is 2.16 m (7.1 ft) north-northeast of the midpoint of Elhovo Gap, 6.1 m (20 ft) north of Omurtag Pass and 1.29 m (4.2 ft) southwest of Miziya Peak (British mapping in 1968, rough Argentine mapping in 1980, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009 from the topographic survey Tangra 2004/05).

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
• A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023. ISBN 978-619-90008-6-1

References

• Leslie Gap. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Antarctica: Livingston Island, Climb Magazine, Issue 14, Kettering, UK, April 2006, pp. 89–91.

External links

• Leslie Gap. Copernix satellite image

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