Skamni Saddle facts for kids
Skamni Saddle is a special place in Antarctica, a huge continent covered in ice at the bottom of the world. It's an ice-covered "saddle" that sits about 1,750 meters (or about 5,740 feet) high. Think of a saddle as a low point between two higher areas, like a saddle on a horse's back. This saddle is 1.3 kilometers (about 0.8 miles) long.
It's located in the northern part of the Sentinel Range, which is a mountain chain in the Ellsworth Mountains. Skamni Saddle connects Mount Wyatt Earp on one side to Matsch Ridge in Gromshin Heights on the other. Its name, ‘Sedlovina Skamni’ in Bulgarian, comes from Skamni Point, a place on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
Where is Skamni Saddle?
Skamni Saddle is found at these coordinates: 77°35′34″S 86°13′55″W / 77.59278°S 86.23194°W. This means it's in a very cold and remote part of Antarctica!
It is about 4.6 kilometers (2.9 miles) northwest of Mount Ulmer. It's also around 13 kilometers (8.1 miles) east by south from the northern end of the main Sentinel Ridge. Another landmark, Kipra Gap, is about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) southwest of the saddle. The United States first mapped this area in 1961.
