A snow field (also called a snowfield) is an extensive terrain covered by a smooth surface of snow. Animation of snowcover changing with the seasons. ...
Normally the term is applied to mountainous and glacial terrain. In glaciology the term refers to areas of permanent snow cover. Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska (USA) has the highest visible base-to-summit elevation on Earth (approximately 5400 metres). ... A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ... Lateral moraine on a glacier joining the Gorner Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland. ...
The snowfield on Livingston Island bounded by Teres Ridge to the W, the glacial divide between the Drake Passage and Bransfield Strait to the S, Gleaner Heights, Elhovo Gap and Leslie Hill to the SE, and Leslie Gap and Vidin Heights to the E. Extending 5 km inland, and 16 km in SW-NE direction.
The survey bivouac in eastern Saedinenie Snowfield near Leslie Hill was occupied 24 December - 28 December 2004.
Named after the Bulgarian town of Saedinenie (‘Reunification’), in association with the 120th anniversary of the reunification of the Principality of Bulgaria and the province of Eastern Rumelia in 1885.
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