Location of Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Pirdop Gate from Komini Peak . Topographic map of Bowles Ridge and central Tangra Mountains featuring Pirdop Gate Tangra 2004/05 survey route including Pirdop Gate.Pirdop Gate (Pirdopska Porta \pir-'dop-ska 'por-ta\) is a 300 m (980 ft) wide pass between Maritsa Peak and Atanasoff Nunatak in eastern Bowles Ridge , Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica. It has an elevation of 376 m (1,234 ft) at its northern entrance from Struma Glacier , and 261 m (856 ft) at the southern entrance from Huron Glacier . It forms part of an overland route between middle Huron Glacier and upper Kaliakra Glacier . The pass was first crossed by the Bulgarians Lyubomir Ivanov and Doychin Vasilev from Camp Academia on 28 December 2004. Named after the town of Pirdop in Central Bulgaria .
Location
The pass is located at 62°36′54″S 60°07′40″W / 62.61500°S 60.12778°W / -62.61500; -60.12778 Orpheus Gate , 3.25 km east of Omurtag Pass , 2.16 km southeast of Yankov Gap , 5.86 km northwest of Karnobat Pass and 3.44 km north-northeast of Lozen Saddle (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 , and mapping in 2005 and 2009).
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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
