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  • Vidbol Glacier

    Vidbol Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Видбол, ‘Lednik Vidbol’ \'led-nik 'vid-bol\) is the 5.5 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on Arctowski Peninsula on Danco Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula draining the north slopes of Pulfrich Peak.

  • Vetrino Glacier

    Vetrino Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Ветрино, ‘Lednik Vetrino’ \'led-nik 've-tri-no\) is a 3.2 km long glacier on the northwest side of Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated northeast of Yablanitsa Glaci…

  • Veststraumen Glacier

    Veststraumen Glacier (74°15′S15°0′W) is a glacier about 45 miles long draining west along the south end of Kraul Mountains into Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf. The glacier was seen in the course of a U.S. Navy LC-130 plane flight over the coast on Novembe…

  • Vestreskorve Glacier

    Vestreskorve Glacier is a broad glacier in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains, to the south of Breplogen Mountain, which drains from a position opposite the head of Austreskorve Glacier northwestward along the west side of Svarthamaren Mountain.

  • Vesëlaya Mountain

    Veselaya Mountain is a mountain with a sharp summit (2,385 m) forming the north end of the Svarttindane Peaks in Sudliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains.

  • Verila Glacier

    Verila Glacier (Lednik Verila \'led-nik ve-'ri-la\) on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is situated southeast of southern Etar Snowfield, southwest of Berkovitsa and Tundzha Glaciers, and west of Kamchiya Glacier. It is bo…

  • Verblyud Island

    Verblyud Island is an ice-covered island whose summit rises 200 m above the surrounding ice shelf, situated at the east margin of Lazarev Ice Shelf along the coast of Queen Maud Land.

  • Vengen Spur

    Vengen Spur is a rocky spur projecting north from the east part of Mount Wideroe in the Sor Rondane Mountains. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S.

  • Velingrad Peninsula

    Velingrad Peninsula (Bulgarian: полуостров Велинград, ‘Poluostrov Velingrad’ \po-lu-'os-trov 've-lin-grad\) is the ice-covered peninsula projecting 22.5 km in northwest direction from Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by …

  • Velichkov Knoll

    Velichkov Knoll (Bulgarian: Величкова могила, ‘Velichkova Mogila’ \ve-'lich-ko-va mo-'gi-la\) is the peak rising to 970 m east of Sabine Glacier and west of Andrew Glacier on Davis Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula.

  • Veleka Ridge

    Veleka Ridge is a predominantly ice-free ridge extending 3 km between Charity Glacier in the north and Botev Point in the south, and 1.3 km wide, in the southwest extremity of Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetl…

  • Vedena Cove

    Vedena Cove (Bulgarian: залив Ведена, ‘Zaliv Vedena’ \'za-liv ve-'de-na\) is the 1.73 km wide cove indenting for 560 m the northwest coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica west of Delyan Point. Its head is fed by Saparevo Gl…

  • Vazov Rock

    Vazov Rock is a rocky peak of elevation of 200 m (656 ft) in the south extremity of Peshev Ridge in Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Vazov Point

    Vazov Point is a point on the coast of Bransfield Strait forming the northeast side of the entrance to Brunow Bay on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Vaughan Promontory

    Vaughan Promontory is a high, rugged ice-covered promontory which extends eastward from Holland Range between Ekblad and Morton Glaciers. It terminates in Cape Maude overlooking Ross Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN…

  • Vasilev Bay

    Vasilev Bay is the 9.6 km wide embayment indenting for 3.8 km the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Varshets Saddle

    Varshets Saddle (Bulgarian: седловина Вършец, ‘Sedlovina Varshets’ \se-dlo-vi-'na v&r-'shets\) is a saddle of elevation 1430 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica bounded by Antim Peak to the south-southwest and …

  • Vardim Rocks

    Vardim Rocks (Bulgarian: скали Вардим, ‘Skali Vardim’ ska-'li 'var-dim) are a group of rocks situated on the south side of Hell Gates, facing Devils Point in the southwest extremity of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islan…

  • Varadero Point

    Varadero Point is a point projecting 620 m into Barclay Bay from Robbery Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the west side of the entrance to Baba Tonka Cove.

  • Vaptsarov Peak

    Vaptsarov Peak (Vaptsarov Vrah \vap-'tsa-rov 'vr&h\) rises to approximately 410 m in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Vanni Peak

    Vanni Peak is a peak 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Mount Lagally in the Dorsey Mountains, on Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land.

  • Vanderford Valley

    Vanderford Valley (Other English names: Vanderford Strath, Vanderford Submarine Valley Hungarian Vanderford-selfvölgy) (66°25′S110°10′E) is an undersea valley, named in association with the Vanderford Glacier, which reaches a depth of 2287 m (7,503…

  • Vanderford Glacier

    Vanderford Glacier (66°35′S110°26′E) is a glacier about 8 km (5 mi) wide flowing northwest into the southeast side of Vincennes Bay, slightly south of the Windmill Islands. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ben…

  • Van der Veen Ice Stream

    Van der Veen Ice Stream (83°50′S130°00′W), formerly Ice Stream B1, is a large southeastern tributary to the Whillans Ice Stream in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Cornelis J.

  • Utus Peak

    Utus Peak (Bulgarian: връх Утус, ‘Vrah Utus’ \'vr&h 'u-tus\) is the rocky peak rising to 1217 m in Trakiya Heights on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

  • Utstikkar Glacier

    Utstikkar Glacier (67°33′S61°20′E) is a broad glacier flowing north from the vicinity of Moyes Peak in Antarctica and terminating in Utstikkar Glacier Tongue between Utstikkar Bay to the east and Allison Bay to the west.

  • Utopia Glacier

    Utopia Glacier (71°51′S68°16′W) is a glacier encircled by Mariner Hill, Syrtis Hill, Natal Ridge, and Ares Cliff; the feature was named for Utopia Planitia on the planet Mars, which was the landing site of the NASA Viking 2 Lander Mission on 3 Sept…

  • Ustra Peak

    Ustra Peak (Vrah Ustra \'vr&h 'us-tra\) is a rocky peak of 195 m on the coast of Walker Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Useful Island

    Useful Island (64°43′S62°52′W) is an island 3.2 km (2 miles) west of Rongé Island, with a string of rocks between, lying in Gerlache Strait off the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Adr…

  • Urnosa Spur

    Urnosa Spur is a spur at the west side of Urfjelldokka Valley, in the southwest part of the Kirwan Escarpment in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE)…

  • Urguri Nunatak

    Urguri Nunatak (Bulgarian: нунатак Ургури, ‘Nunatak Urguri’ \'nu-na-tak ur-'gu-ri\) is the rocky hill rising to 560 m in the east foothills of Laclavère Plateau on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.

  • Urdoviza Glacier

    Urdoviza Glacier (Lednik Urdoviza \'led-nik ur-do-'vi-za\) is a glacier on western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of the northern portion of Etar Snowfield and north of Medven Glacier. It extends 2.8 km in …

  • Unneruskollen Island

    Unneruskollen Island is an ice-covered island lying north of Halvfarryggen Ridge and between Ekstrom Ice Shelf and Jelbart Ice Shelf, on the coast of Queen Maud Land.

  • Underwood Glacier

    Underwood Glacier (66°35′S108°0′E) is a channel glacier in Wilkes Land, Antarctica about 15 miles (24 km) long, flowing to the Antarctic coast between Reist Rocks and Cape Nutt. It was mapped in 1955 by G. D. Blodgett from aerial photographs taken …