Balkan Snowfield | |
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 Balkan Snowfield from near Willan Nunatak, with Burdick Ridge in the background | |
  Balkan Snowfield Location within Antarctica | |
| Coordinates: 62°38′36″S 60°19′18″W / 62.64333°S 60.32167°W | |
| Location | Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica |
| Etymology | Balkans |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
| Elevation | 150 to 280 m (490 to 920 ft) |
Balkan Snowfield (Plato Balkan \'pla-to bal-'kan\) is an ice-covered plateau of elevation ranging from 150 to 280 m (490 to 920 ft) in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, situated south of lower Perunika Glacier, northwest of Huntress Glacier and north of Contell Glacier. It is 3 km (1.9 mi) long in southwest–northeast direction and 2 km (1.2 mi), and bounded by Burdick Ridge to the east, Willan Nunatak and Castillo Nunatak to the southeast, and Krum Rock to the southwest. The feature slopes gently northwestwards with its foot bounded by the hills along Bulgarian Beach. It is named after the Balkans.
