Kremena Piedmont Glacier

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Kremena Piedmont Glacier
Map of Smith Island with the Kremena Piedmont Glacier (below)

Map of Smith Island with the Kremena Piedmont Glacier (below)

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 Coordinates: 63 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  S , 62 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  W
Kremena Piedmont Glacier (South Shetland Islands)
Kremena Piedmont Glacier
drainage Osmar Strait
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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 .

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