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Kremena Ice Piedmont

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Kremena Ice Piedmont

Kremena Ice Piedmont (Bulgarian: ледник Кремена, ‘Lednik Kremena’ \'led-nik kre-'me-na) is a 2.4 km long and 2.7 km wide glacier on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range south of Organa Peak. Draining southeastwards to flow into Osmar Strait.

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The glacier is named after the settlements of Kremena in northeastern Bulgaria, and Upper and Lower Kremena in northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Kremena Ice Piedmont is located at 63°04′00″S 62°38′00″W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Map

  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

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