title: Zlidol Gate
text: # Zlidol Gate
  
  Zlidol Gate (Bulgarian: Злидолска порта, ‘Zlidolska Porta’ \'zli-dol-ska 'por-ta\) is the saddle of elevation over 800 m on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula separating Detroit Plateau to the west from Trakiya Heights to the east. The feature is horseshoe-shaped, jutting out to Russell West Glacier to the north, with its southern approach from Victory Glacier narrowing to 500 m.
  
  The saddle is named after the settlement of Zlidol in northwestern Bulgaria.
  
  ## Location
  
  Zlidol Gate is located at 63°44′10″S 58°37′40″W﻿ / ﻿63.73611°S 58.62778°W﻿ / -63.73611; -58.62778. German-British mapping in 1996.
  
  ## Maps
  
  * Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
  * Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
  