Etar Snowfield

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Etar Snowfield (Bulgarian: Ледник Етър \'led-nik 'e-t&r\, Lednik Etar) is a roughly crescent-shaped snowfield draining the west slopes of Oryahovo Heights and the north slopes of Rotch Dome into Barclay Bay between Mercury Bluff and Rowe Point, Livingston Island. It extends 5 km inland, and 15 km in south-southwest to north-northeast direction. The feature was named after the settlement of Etar in the central Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

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The snowfield is located at 62°34′07″S, 60°46′27″W.

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.