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.

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). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References

Znepole Ice Piedmont. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

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

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