Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Etymology
Balkans
Dimensions
• Length
3 km (1.9 mi)
Elevation
150 to 280 m (490 to 920 ft)
Balkan Snowfield (Plato Balkan \'pla-to bal-'kan\) is an ice-covered plateau of elevation ranging from 150 to 280 m (490 to 920 ft) in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, situated south of lower Perunika Glacier, northwest of Huntress Glacier and north of Contell Glacier. It is 3 km (1.9 mi) long in southwest-northeast direction and 2 km (1.2 mi), and bounded by Burdick Ridge to the east, Willan Nunatak and Castillo Nunatak to the southeast, and Krum Rock to the southwest. The feature slopes gently northwestwards with its foot bounded by the hills along Bulgarian Beach. It is named after the Balkans.
BalkanSnowfield (Plato Balkan \'pla-to bal-'kan\) is an ice-covered plateau of elevation ranging from 150 to 280 m (490 to 920 ft) in eastern Livingston...
(1,600 ft) long, draining that portion of the northwestern slope of BalkanSnowfield located between Hesperides Hill, Atlantic Club Ridge, Krum Rock and...
Glacier, south of Saedinenie Snowfield, southwest of Kaliakra Glacier, west of Huron Glacier, and north of BalkanSnowfield and the head of Huntress Glacier...
was named after the settlement of Etar in the central Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria. The snowfield is centred at 62°34′07″S 60°46′27″W / 62.56861°S 60...
Perunika Glacier on the north-east, Huntress Glacier on the south, and BalkanSnowfield on the west. First ascent by a team from the Spanish base Juan Carlos...
rising to 437 m on the glacial divide between Huntress Glacier and BalkanSnowfield on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland...
Saedinenie Snowfield and Perunika Glacier to the west. It is part of the overland route from the St. Kliment Ohridski Base via the BalkanSnowfield, Rezen...
by four meltwater streams draining the north-western slope of the BalkanSnowfield, with stream mouths located at the western extremities of each beach...
Mount Friesland The main building of St. Kliment Ohridski Base, with BalkanSnowfield in the middle, and (left to right) Mount Friesland, St. Boris Peak...
600 ft) stream drains that portion of the northwestern slope of the BalkanSnowfield between Hesperides Hill, Atlantic Club Ridge, Krum Rock and Sinemorets...
has an elevation of 400 m and is part of the overland route between BalkanSnowfield and Charrúa Gap in the west and Orpheus Gate in the east, thus providing...
Ridge in eastern Livingston Island, affording overland access from BalkanSnowfield to upper Perunika Glacier and Bowles Ridge area. First visited by the...
of the two km long Contell Glacier, to the east by the foot of the BalkanSnowfield sloping up towards Krum Rock and to the northwest by Sea Lion Tarn...
rising to 449 m on the glacial divide between Huntress Glacier and BalkanSnowfield on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland...
'ka-m&k\) is a small nunatak rising to 208 metres on the southwest edge of BalkanSnowfield just north of Contell Glacier on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston...
bounded by Atlantic Club Ridge to the northwest, Krum Rock to the north, BalkanSnowfield to the northeast, and Charrúa Ridge and Charrúa Gap to the south. It...
northwest, it is bounded by Perunika Glacier to the northeast and BalkanSnowfield to the southwest. It takes its name from its highest point, Burdick...
locality, with Simeon Peak on the right, St. Boris Peak on the left, and BalkanSnowfield in the foreground Friesland Ridge from Bransfield Strait; left to right...
situated east of Johnsons Glacier, southeast of Contell Glacier and BalkanSnowfield, south of upper Perunika Glacier, southwest of Huron Glacier and northwest...
500 m (8,200 ft) in only a few places, lack the bold peaks, extensive snowfields, large glaciers, high waterfalls, and numerous large lakes that are common...
Bulgaria, bears the name of the unification of Bulgaria. Saedinenie Snowfield on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named...
Island, Antarctica. It surmounts Poste Valley to the northwest and Nichols Snowfield to the southeast. The ridge was visited on 2 February 1988 by the geological...
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