Znepole Ice Piedmont

Map showing the location of
Map showing the location of
Location of Znepole Ice Piedmont in Antarctica
LocationTrinity Peninsula
Coordinates63°52′30″S 58°33′20″W / 63.87500°S 58.55556°W / -63.87500; -58.55556 (Znepole Ice Piedmont)
TerminusPrince Gustav Channel

Znepole Ice Piedmont (63°52′30″S 58°33′20″W / 63.87500°S 58.55556°W / -63.87500; -58.55556 (Znepole Ice Piedmont)) is the glacier extending 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) in northwest-southeast direction and 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) wide on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.[1]

Location

Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Victory Glacier in center of southeast coast

Znepole Ice Piedmont is in Graham Land on the southeast coast of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.[2][3] It lies south of Victory Glacier and northeast of Dreatin Glacier, and is bounded by Kondofrey Heights to the north and the 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) long narrow rocky ridge featuring Mount Bradley to the west, flowing southeastwards into Prince Gustav Channel, Weddell Sea.[1]

Name

Znepole Ice Piedmont is named after the Znepole region in Western Bulgaria.[1]

Nearby features

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Kiten Point

63°52′55″S 58°26′08″W / 63.88194°S 58.43556°W / -63.88194; -58.43556 A point forming the south side of the entrance to Chudomir Cove on the coast of Prince Gustav Channel. Situated 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) southwest of Pitt Point and7.56 kilometres (4.70 mi) southeast of Mount Reece. Named after the town of Kiten in Southeastern Bulgaria, and in connection with the freezer vessel Kiten of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas whose ships operated in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen, the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.[4]

Marmais Point

63°55′22″S 58°31′25″W / 63.92278°S 58.52361°W / -63.92278; -58.52361 The ice-covered point on the southeast coast of Trinity Peninsula projecting into Prince Gustav Channel. Situated 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) southwest of Kiten Point, 21.6 kilometres (13.4 mi) north-northeast of Gredaro Point, and 6.65 kilometres (4.13 mi) southeast of Mount Bradley. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the Bulgarian duke and military commander Marmais (9th-10th century).[5]

Mount Bradley

63°53′S 58°37′W / 63.883°S 58.617°W / -63.883; -58.617. A pyramidal peak 835 metres (2,740 ft) high at the southeast end of a ridge descending from Detroit Plateau. The peak is 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southwest of Mount Reece . Charted in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who named it for Kenneth Granville Bradley, Colonial Secretary in the Falkland Islands at the time.[6]

Senokos Nunatak

63°53′08″S 58°41′41″W / 63.88556°S 58.69472°W / -63.88556; -58.69472 The rocky hill rising to 624 metres (2,047 ft)[7] high in Dreatin Glacier. Situated in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau, 3.27 kilometres (2.03 mi) west of Mount Bradley and 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) north of Tufft Nunatak. Named after the settlements of Senokos, Dobrich Province and Senokos, Blagoevgrad Province in Northeastern and Southwestern Bulgaria.[8]

Dreatin Glacier

63°54′00″S 58°41′00″W / 63.90000°S 58.68333°W / -63.90000; -58.68333 A 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long and 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) wide glacier on the northeast side of Detroit Plateau. Situated southwest of Znepole Ice Piedmont and north of Aitkenhead Glacier. Draining the area southwest of Mount Bradley and north of Tufft Nunatak, and flowing southeastwards into Prince Gustav Channel. Named after the settlement of Dreatin in Western Bulgaria.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Znepole Ice Piedmont SCAR.
  2. ^ Trinity Peninsula AG and BAS.
  3. ^ Graham Land and South Shetland BAS.
  4. ^ Kiten Point SCAR.
  5. ^ Marmais Point SCAR.
  6. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 88.
  7. ^ Antarctic REMA Explorer, 63°53′08″S 58°41′41″W.
  8. ^ Senokos Nunatak SCAR.
  9. ^ Dreatin Glacier SCAR.

Sources

  • Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2023-12-03 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.
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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.

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