Znepole Ice Piedmont

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Znepole Ice Piedmont (Bulgarian: ледник Знеполе, ‘Lednik Znepole’ \'led-nik 'zne-po-le\) is the glacier extending 13 km in northwest-southeast direction and 7.5 km wide on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It lies south of Victory Glacier and northeast of Dreatin Glacier, and is bounded by Kondofrey Heights to the north and the 5.2 km long narrow rocky ridge featuring Mount Bradley to the west, flowing southeastwards into Prince Gustav Channel, Weddell Sea.

The feature is named after the Znepole region in Western Bulgaria

Location

Znepole Ice Piedmont is centred at 63°52′30″S 58°33′20″W / 63.87500°S 58.55556°W / -63.87500; -58.55556Coordinates: 63°52′30″S 58°33′20″W / 63.87500°S 58.55556°W / -63.87500; -58.55556. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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