Kremena Piedmont Glacier
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Map of Smith Island with the Kremena Piedmont Glacier (below) |
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location | Smith Island , South Shetland Islands | |
Mountains | Imeon Range | |
Type | Foreland glacier | |
length | 2.4 km | |
width | Max. 2.7 km | |
Coordinates | 63 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 62 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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drainage | Osmar Strait |
The Kremena Piedmont Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Кремена lednik Kremena ) is a 2.4 km long and 2.7 km wide glacier on Smith Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . From the southeast slopes of the Imeon Range it flows south of Organa Peak in a southeast direction to Osmar Strait .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in the same year after localities in north-east and north-west Bulgaria .
Web links
- Kremena Ice Piedmont in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)