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  • Znepole Ice Piedmont

    Znepole Ice Piedmont (Bulgarian: ледник Знеполе, ‘Lednik Znepole’ \'led-nik 'zne-po-le\) is the glacier extending 13 km in northwest-southeast direction and 7.5 km wide on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

  • Znamenskiy Island

    Znamenskiy Island (70°14′S161°51′E) is a high, nearly round, ice-covered island 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long, lying in Rennick Bay just north of the terminus of Rennick Glacier. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1958 and named for Soviet hyd…

  • Zinberg Glacier

    Zinberg Glacier (72°21′S96°4′W) is a glacier in east Thurston Island; it flows east-northeast into Morgan Inlet between Tierney Peninsula and the promontory ending in Ryan Point. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Cpl. E…

  • Zilch Cliffs

    Zilch Cliffs (74°58′S134°55′W) is a series of steep cliffs that mark the east extremity of McDonald Heights near the coast of Marie Byrd Land. The cliffs were photographed from aircraft of United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41, and were m…

  • Zigzag Bluff

    Zigzag Bluff (85°18′S163°30′W) is a rock bluff at the foot of Herbert Range, overlooking Ross Ice Shelf about 5 miles (8 km) west of the terminus of Axel Heiberg Glacier.

  • Zhil'naya Mountain

    Zhil'naya Mountain (71°40′S12°38′E) is the central mountain, 2,560 m, of the Svarthausane Crags, in Südliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land.

  • Zheravna Glacier

    Zheravna Glacier (Lednik Zheravna \'led-nik 'zhe-rav-na\) is a glacier on Greenwich Island, Antarctica situated east of Wulfila Glacier and west of Targovishte Glacier.

  • Zeus Ridge

    Zeus Ridge (64°35′S63°34′W) is a heavily crevassed, steep-sided, ice-covered ridge, the main part rising over 1,675 m, extending northwest from Mount Francais between the Achaean and Trojan Ranges in central Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago.

  • Zetland Glacier

    Zetland Glacier (78°1′S163°49′E) is a small hanging glacier on the southern slopes of Mount Alexandra in Denton Hills, Scott Coast. The glacier terminates on the cliffs north of Colleen Lake.

  • Zenith Glacier

    Zenith Glacier (71°52′S163°45′E) is a glacier which lies 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Johnstone Glacier and drains south from the south end of Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains.

  • Zemen Knoll

    Zemen Knoll (Zemenska Mogila \'ze-men-ska mo-'gi-la\) is a peak of 453 m in the Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The knoll overlooks Kaliakra Glacier to the southeast, and Saedinenie Snow…

  • Zeller Glacier

    Zeller Glacier (80°55′S156°30′E) is a glacier about 10 miles (16 km) long, flowing west-northwest to enter the south side of Byrd Glacier just north of Mount Fries. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Edward J.

  • Zelee Subglacial Trench

    Zelee Subglacial Trench is a subglacial valley on George V Coast, running NNE-SSW and coinciding with the trough cut by Mertz Glacier. The feature was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding progr…

  • Zelee Rocks

    Zelee Rocks (62°57′S57°15′W) is a group of rocks, some of which are above water and others near the surface, lying in Bransfield Strait 17 miles (27 km) north of Prime Head, the north tip of Antarctic Peninsula.

  • Zelee Glacier

    Zelee Glacier (66°52′S141°10′E) is a glacier about 3 miles (4.8 km) wide and 6 miles (10 km) long, flowing north-northwest from the continental ice along the west side of Lacroix Nunatak and terminating in a prominent tongue at the west side of Por…

  • Zebra Ridge

    Zebra Ridge (70°2′S69°14′W) is a prominent rock ridge, extending to about 2 miles (3.2 km) in length, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the mouth of Tumble Glacier where it rises 760 m above the Roberts Ice Piedmont of east Alexander Island, Antar…

  • Zebra Peak

    Zebra Peak (69°41′S64°56′E) is a peak 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Summers Peak in the Stinear Nunataks, Mac. Robertson Land. The feature was visited by D.J.

  • Zavet Saddle

    Zavet Saddle (Bulgarian: седловина Завет, ‘Sedlovina Zavet’ \se-dlo-vi-'na 'za-vet\) is a saddle of elevation 1410 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands bounded by Slaveykov Peak to the southwest and the summit Mount Foster to the…

  • Zapadnoye Lake

    Zapadnoye Lake (70°44′S11°28′E) is a lake about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long situated near the western end of the Schirmacher Hills, Queen Maud Land.

  • Zaneveld Glacier

    Zaneveld Glacier (85°26′S176°25′W) is a broad tributary glacier, flowing from the polar plateau northwest between Roberts Massif and Cumulus Hills to enter the upper part of Shackleton Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACA…

  • Zakharoff Ridge

    Zakharoff Ridge (72°55′S75°7′E) is a ridge with several peaks, mostly snow-covered, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Mount Harding in the Grove Mountains.

  • Zahari Point

    Zahari Point (Nos Zahari \'nos za-'ha-ri\) is an ice-free point on the southwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica forming the northwest side of the entrance to Micalvi Cove. Ice-free surface area 21 hectares (52 acres…

  • Zagore Beach

    Zagore Beach (Zagorski Bryag \za-'gor-ski 'bryag\) faces False Bay on Livingston Island, Antarctica and extends for 4 km on the Rozhen Peninsula between Charity Glacier and the Ruen Icefall. The beach is surmounted by Canetti Peak (400 m) and MacKay…

  • Yundola Cove

    Yundola Cove (Bulgarian: залив Юндола, ‘Zaliv Yundola’ \'za-liv 'yun-do-la\) is a 1.34 km wide cove indenting for 670 m the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica west of Lavrenov Point.

  • Yule Peak

    Yule Peak (68°31′S65°37′W) is a small but conspicuous triangular rock peak (750 m) at west end of Bermel Peninsula, Bowman Coast. The peak was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 21 and 23, 1935, and was mapped from these pho…

  • Yule Bay

    Yule Bay is a bay indenting the coast of northern Victoria Land between Cape Hooker and Cape Dayman. An inner (western) portion of the bay is circumscribed by Bates Point and Ackroyd Point. Discovered by Captain James Clark Ross, 1841, who named it …

  • Ytrehovdeholmen Island

    Ytrehovdeholmen Island (69°13′S39°28′E) is the largest of four islands in a cluster. It lies 4 miles (6 km) west of Langhovde Hills in the east part of Lutzow-Holm Bay.

  • Ystekleppane Rocks

    Ystekleppane Rocks (69°59′S38°47′E) is a group of bare rocks protruding through the ice on the east shore of Havsbotn, lying 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Strandnebba at the extreme southeast side of Lutzow-Holm Bay.

  • Yozola Glacier

    Yozola Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Йозола, ‘Lednik Yozola’ \'led-nik 'yo-zo-la\) is the 5 km long and 1.7 km wide glacier in the Sofia University Mountains situated in the northern portion of Alexander Island in Antarctica, and draining north-northwe…

  • Yovkov Point

    Yovkov Point (Yovkov Nos \'yov-kov 'nos\) is a point on the southwest coast of Greenwich Island, Antarctica projecting 150 m southwards into McFarlane Strait, forming the northwest side of the entrance to Kramolin Cove. Formed as a result of Murgash…

  • Young Point (Antarctica)

    Young Point (63°36′S58°55′W) is a rocky point 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Cape Roquemaurel at the east side of Bone Bay, on the west coast of Trinity Peninsula. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948 and named by the Unite…

  • Young Head

    Young Head (81°29′S161°24′E) is a prominent rock headland, 350 m, marking the north side of the entrance to Beaumont Bay on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for CWO Victor Young, U.S.

  • Young Glacier

    Young Glacier (78°4′S84°49′W) is a glacier which flows from Mount Gozur and Ichera Peak in Maglenik Heights eastwards for 8 miles (13 km) and terminates at the north end of Barnes Ridge on the east side of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Ant…