Mott Snowfield
Snowfield in the north of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula
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::summary Snowfield in the north of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | Snowfield |
| map | Antarctica |
| map_relief | y |
| coordinates | |
| location | Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land |
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| type = Snowfield | photo = | photo_alt = | photo_caption = | map = Antarctica | map_caption = | map_relief = y | coordinates = | location = Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land | area_km2 = | elevation_m = Mott Snowfield () is a snowfield in the northeast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, between Laclavère Plateau and the Antarctic Sound.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Trinity_Peninsula.svg" caption="Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Mott Snowfield towards northeast end"] ::
Mott Snowfield is in Graham Land in the north of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is southeast of the Duroch Islands and Schmidt Peninsula, south of Coupvent Point and Prime Head, southwest of Mount Bransfield, northwest of Hope Bay, and northeast of Laclavère Plateau. Named features include Fidase Peak, Magnet Hill and Camel Nunataks.
Name
Mott Snowfield was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Peter G. Mott, leader of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1955–57.
Features
Fidase Peak
Magnet Hill
Camel Nunataks
Yagodina Knoll
The ice-covered hill rising to 595 m high at the northeast extremity of Trinity Peninsula. Situated 8.21 km south-southeast of Siffrey Point, 2.81 km west-southwest of Mount Bransfield, 3.85 km northwest of Koerner Rock and 22.4 km east-northeast of Fidase Peak. Surmounting Mott Snowfield to the southwest. German-British mapping in 1996. Named after the settlement of Yagodina in Southern Bulgaria.
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://livingatlas2.arcgis.com/antarcticdemexplorer/ |accessdate=2024-06-03 |type=Digital Elevation Models created by the Polar Geospatial Center from Maxar imagery |title=Antarctic REMA Explorer |publisher=Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota |year=2019 |ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/7696/ |accessdate=2024-05-03 |title=Graham Land and South Shetland Islands |publisher=BAS: British Antarctic Survey |year=2005 |ref= }}
- {{citation |publisher=Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey |year=1996 |archivedate= 23 September 2015 |title=Trinity Peninsula |type=Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697 |ref= |url=http://www.bkg.bund.de/nn_193194/DE/Bundesamt/Downloads/Kostenlose-Karten/Antarktis-Karten/Satellitenbildkarten/Scale250/Daten/Trinity-Peninsula,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Trinity-Peninsula.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923191640/http://www.bkg.bund.de/nn_193194/DE/Bundesamt/Downloads/Kostenlose-Karten/Antarktis-Karten/Satellitenbildkarten/Scale250/Daten/Trinity-Peninsula,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Trinity-Peninsula.pdf}}
- {{cite scar2 |id=137180 |name=Yagodina Knoll}}
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