Kom Glacier
Kom Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Ком, romanized: lednik Kom, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈkɔm]) is the 10 km long and 8 km wide glacier on the west side of Hemimont Plateau, Fallières Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated south of Forbes Glacier and north of Swithinbank Glacier, drains westwards between Mercury Ridge and Zhefarovich Crag, and flows into Square Bay next north of Swithinbank Glacier.
The glacier is named after Kom Peak in Western Balkan Mountains.
Location
Kom Glacier is centred at 67°53′40″S 66°43′50″W / 67.89444°S 66.73056°W / -67.89444; -66.73056. British mapping in 1978.
Maps
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 67 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Kom Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
External links
- Kom Glacier. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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- List of glaciers in the Antarctic: A–H
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic: I–Z
- Adélie Land
- Bouvet Island
- Coats Land
- Ellsworth Land
- Enderby Land
- Graham Land
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- James Ross Island and Graham Land
- Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
- Kemp Land
- Mac. Robertson Land
- Marie Byrd Land
- Oates Land
- Palmer Archipelago and Graham Land
- Palmer Land
- Princess Elizabeth Land
- Queen Elizabeth Land
- Queen Mary Land
- Queen Maud Land
- Ross Dependency
- South Georgia
- South Shetland Islands
- South Orkney Islands
- Trinity Peninsula and Graham Land
- Victoria Land
- Wilkes Land
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