Zavera Snowfield

Zadera Snowfield
Location of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Zadera Snowfield
Location of Zadera Snowfield in Antarctica
Location Trinity Peninsula
Coordinates 64°06′30″S 58°52′00″W / 64.10833°S 58.86667°W / -64.10833; -58.86667
Length 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Prince Gustav Channel
Status unknown

Zavera Snowfield (Bulgarian: Ледник Завера, ‘Lednik Zavera’ \'led-nik za-'ve-ra\) is the glacier extending 18 km in north-south direction and 16 km in east-west direction on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau, south of Diplock Glacier, north of Mount Wild and northeast of Kopito Ridge, and draining into Prince Gustav Channel in Weddell Sea.

The glacier is named after the Bulgarian liberation uprising of ‘Velchova Zavera’ in 1835.

Location

Zavera Snowfield is centred at 64°06′30″S 58°52′00″W / 64.10833°S 58.86667°W / -64.10833; -58.86667Coordinates: 64°06′30″S 58°52′00″W / 64.10833°S 58.86667°W / -64.10833; -58.86667.

See also

Maps

  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.