Kipra Gap ( bg, седловина Кипра, ‘Sedlovina Kipra’ \se-dlo-vi-'na 'ki-pra\) is the 2 km long, ice-covered pass of elevation 1550 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019 in northern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in

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Gromshin Heights Gromshin Heights ( bg, Громшински възвишения, ‘Gromshinski Vazvisheniya’ \'grom-shin-ski v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 2731 m

on the south. The saddle is named after the settlement of Kipra in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Kipra Gap is located at , which is 12 km northeast of Skamni Saddle. US mapping in 1961.

Maps

Newcomer Glacier.
Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Notes

References

Kipra Gap.

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Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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External links

Kipra Gap.
Copernix satellite image Ellsworth Mountains Bulgaria and the Antarctic Mountain passes of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub