Kom Glacier (, ) is the 10 km long and 8 km wide glacier on the west side of
Hemimont Plateau,
Fallières Coast in
Graham Land
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,
Antarctica
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. 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
Kom or KOM may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Kom people (Afghanistan), a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan
* Kom people (Cameroon), an ethnic group of northwest Cameroon
* Kom people (India) a subgroup of the Kuki in north-eastern India
* ...
in Western Balkan Mountains.
Location
Kom Glacier is centred at . 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
The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.
The Commis ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
Kom Glacier.SCAR
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about th ...
.
External links
Kom Glacier.Copernix satellite image
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
Glaciers of Fallières Coast
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