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Kom Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Kom Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The 10 km long and 8 km wide glacier on the W side of Hemimont Plateau, Fallières Coast in Graham Land. Situated S of Forbes Glacier and N of Swithinbank Glacier. Drains westwards between Mercury Ridge and Zhefarovich Crag, and flows into Square Bay next N of Swithinbank Glacier. British mapping in 1978. Named after Kom Peak in Western Balkan Mountains.
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