Sawera snow field
| Sawera snow field | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Detroit plateau | |
| length | 18 km | |
| width | Max. 16 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 6 ′ S , 58 ° 52 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Prince Gustav Canal | |
The Sawera snow field ( Bulgarian ледник Завера Lednik Sawera ) is one kilometer north-south orientation of 18 long and 16 km wide snow field in the south of Trinity Peninsula of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the northeastern foothills of the Detroit Plateau , it lies south of Diplock Glacier , north of Mount Wild, and northeast of Kopito Ridge . It flows off in the Prinz Gustav Canal .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2011 after the Weltschow uprising ( Weltschowa Sawera ) of 1835.
Web links
- Zavera Snowfield in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)