Sopot Ice Piedmont (Bulgarian: ледник Сопот, romanized: lednik Sopot, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈsɔpot]) is an ice piedmont situated on Burgas Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, northeast of Iskar Glacier and north of Ropotamo, Strandzha and Pautalia Glaciers. It extends 7.5 km in east–west direction and 2.4 km in south–north direction, drains the northern slopes of Delchev Ridge east of Delchev Peak and Ghiaurov Peak, and flows northward into Moon Bay between Rila Point to the west and Malyovitsa Crag near Renier Point to the east.
Sopot Ice Piedmont | |
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Location of Sopot Ice Piedmont in Antarctica | |
Location | Livingston Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°37′15″S 59°54′00″W / 62.62083°S 59.90000°W |
Length | 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) |
Width | 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km; 1.5 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Moon Bay |
Status | unknown |
Location
editSopot Ice Piedmont is centred at 62°37′15″S 59°54′00″W / 62.62083°S 59.90000°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.
See also
editMaps
edit- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- 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
References
edit- This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
External links
edit- Sopot Ice Piedmont. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- Sopot Ice Piedmont. Copernix satellite image
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