Sopot Ice Piedmont

Location of Burgas Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Sopot Ice Piedmont, with Elena Peak and Yavorov Peak in the background.

Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island.

Sopot Ice Piedmont (Lednik Sopot \'led-nik 'so-pot\) is 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.

The glacier is named after the Bulgarian town of Sopot.

Location

Sopot Ice Piedmont is centred at 62°37′15″S 59°54′00″W / 62.62083°S 59.90000°W / -62.62083; -59.90000Coordinates: 62°37′15″S 59°54′00″W / 62.62083°S 59.90000°W / -62.62083; -59.90000. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

Maps

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

SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

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

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