Saedinenie snow field
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 View from Miziya Peak to the Saedineni snowfield with the Teres Ridge (foreground) and Vasilev Bay and Melta Point (background) |
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Type | Snowfield | |
| length | 16 km | |
| width | Max. 5 km | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 33 ′ S , 60 ° 14 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Hero Bay | |
The Saedinenie snow field ( Bulgarian ледник Съединение lednik Saedinenie ) is a 16 km long and 5 km wide snow field in a southwest-northeast orientation on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is bounded by Teres Ridge in the west, the watershed between Drake and Bransfield Straits in the south, Gleaner Heights , Elhovo Gap and Leslie Hill in the southeast and Leslie Gap and Vidin Heights in the east. It flows into Hero Bay between Melta Point and Slab Point .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2005 after the town of Saedinenie in southern central Bulgaria .
Web links
- Saedinenie Snowfield in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)