| Zadera Snowfield | |
|---|---|
 Location of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula | |
  Location of Zadera Snowfield in Antarctica | |
| Location | Trinity Peninsula |
| Coordinates | 64°06′30″S 58°52′00″W / 64.10833°S 58.86667°W |
| Length | 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Prince Gustav Channel |
| Status | unknown |
Zavera Snowfield (Bulgarian: Ледник Завера, romanized: lednik Zavera, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ zɐˈvɛrɐ]) is the glacier extending 18 km in north-south direction and 16 km in east-west direction on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is located in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau, south of Diplock Glacier, north of Mount Wild and northeast of Kopito Ridge, and draining into Prince Gustav Channel in Weddell Sea.
The glacier is named after the Bulgarian liberation uprising of ‘Velchova Zavera’ in 1835.
Location
Zavera Snowfield is centred at 64°06′30″S 58°52′00″W / 64.10833°S 58.86667°W.
See also
Maps
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
- Zavera Snowfield SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Zavera Snowfield. Copernix satellite image
- This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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