Shmidt Subglacial Basin

Shmidt Subglacial Basin is a large subglacial basin situated southward of in . Named by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1957, after Soviet academician, Professor Otto Yu. Shmidt. This article incorporates public domain material from…
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  • Type: Plateau with an elevation of 2,830 metres
  • Description: subglacial basin in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Podlëdnaja ravnina Shmidta”, “Shmidta, podlednaja ravnina”, and “Shmidta, podlëdnaja ravnina”

Shmidt Subglacial Basin

Latitude
-72° or 72° south
Longitude
106° east
Elevation
2,830 metres (9,285 feet)
Open location code
2PW82222+22
Geo­Names ID
6625231
Wiki­data ID
Q7499628
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Shmidt Subglacial Basin” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Shmidta”
  • German: “Schmidt-Subglazialbecken”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shmidt Subglacial Basin”
  • Russian: “Подлёдная равнина Шмидта”
  • Swedish: “Shmidta”
  • Ukrainian: “Підлідна рівнина Шмідта”

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