Sopot Ice Piedmont Explained

Sopot Ice Piedmont
Map:South Shetland Islands#Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Livingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates:-62.6208°N -59.9°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Moon Bay
Status:unknown

Sopot Ice Piedmont (Bulgarian: ледник Сопот|lednik Sopot, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdnik ˈsɔpot/) is an ice piedmont situated on Burgas Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, northeast of Iskar Glacier and north of Ropotamo, Strandzha and Pautalia Glaciers. It extends 7.5 km in east–west direction and 2.4 km in south–north direction, drains the northern slopes of Delchev Ridge east of Delchev Peak and Ghiaurov Peak, and flows northward into Moon Bay between Rila Point to the west and Malyovitsa Crag near Renier Point to the east.

The glacier is named after the Bulgarian town of Sopot.

Location

Sopot Ice Piedmont is centred at -62.6208°N -59.9°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

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