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Lardeya Ice Piedmont
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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Map showing the location of Lardeya Ice Piedmont
Map showing the location of Lardeya Ice Piedmont
Location in Antarctica
Type tributary
Location Ellsworth Land
Coordinates 78°43′00″S 84°35′00″W / 78.71667°S 84.58333°W / -78.71667; -84.58333
Length 8.6 nautical miles (15.9 km; 9.9 mi)
Width 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Rutford Ice Stream to the east northeast
Ellen Glacier to the north
Status unknown
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Sentinel Range map

Lardeya Ice Piedmont (Bulgarian: ледник Лардея, romanizedlednik Lardeya) is the glacier extending 8.6 nautical miles (15.9 km; 9.9 mi) in north-south direction and 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) in east-west direction on the east side of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is draining the northeast slopes of Flowers Hills to flow into Rutford Ice Stream to the east-northeast and Ellen Glacier to the north.

The feature is named after the medieval fortress of Lardeya in southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Lardeya Ice Piedmont is centred at 78°20′30″S 84°20′00″W / 78.34167°S 84.33333°W / -78.34167; -84.33333. US mapping in 1988.

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