Balkan Snowfield (Plato Balkan \'pla-to bal-'kan\) is an ice-covered plateau of elevation ranging from 150 to 280 m (490 to 920 ft) in eastern
Livingston Island in the
South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, situated south of lower
Perunika Glacier, northwest of
Huntress Glacier and north of
Contell Glacier. It is 3 km (1.9 mi) long in southwest-northeast direction and 2 km (1.2 mi), and bounded by
Burdick Ridge to the east,
Willan Nunatak and
Castillo Nunatak to the southeast, and
Krum Rock to the southwest. The feature slopes gently northwestwards with its foot bounded by the hills along
Bulgarian Beach. It is named after the
Balkans.
Isla Livingston: Península Hurd. Mapa topográfico de escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991. (Map reproduced on p. 16 of the linked work)
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.