Balkan Snowfield

Balkan Snowfield

Balkan Snowfield (Plato Balkan 'pla-to bal-'kan) is an ice-covered plateau ranging from 150 to 280 m in eastern Livingston Island, Western Antarctica. It is 3 km long in southwest-northeast direction and 2 km wide. It is bounded to the south-west by Krum Rock and upper Contell Glacier, to the southeast and east by the feet of Castillo Nunatak (437 m) and Burdick Ridge and to the north by the lower course of Perunika Glacier. The field slopes gently northwestwards, its foot being bounded by the hills along Bulgarian Beach.

The area was mapped in detail by the Spanish Servicio Geográfico del Ejército in 1991.

Location

The midpoint of the snowfield is located at coord|62|38|36|S|60|19|18|W|

ee also

* Livingston Island
* List of Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica
* Antarctic Place-names Commission

External links

* [http://www3.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer] .
* [http://www.mfa.government.bg/uploads/imgs/Livingston/livingston.jpgReference Map]


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