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Znepole Ice Piedmont

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Znepole Ice Piedmont

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.

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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. 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.

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    Znepole Ice Piedmont Wikipedia
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