Srebarna Glacier
| Srebarna Ice Piedmont | |
|---|---|
 Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Location of Srebarna Ice Piedmont in Antarctica  Srebarna Glacier (Antarctica) | |
| Location |
Livingston Island South Shetland Islands |
| Coordinates | 62°41′25″S 60°02′20″W / 62.69028°S 60.03889°W |
| Length | 1.2 nautical miles (2.2 km; 1.4 mi) |
| Width | 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Bransfield Strait |
| Status | unknown |
Srebarna Glacier from Bransfield Strait, with Great Needle Peak on the right
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Islands
Srebarna Glacier (Lednik Srebarna \'led-nik 'sre-bar-na\) on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is situated east-northeast of Boyana Glacier, southeast of the head of Macy Glacier and southwest of Magura Glacier. It extends 2.3 km in southwest-northeast direction and 1.8 km in northwest-southeast direction, and drains southeast of Serdica Peak and the Great Needle Peak in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains to enter Bransfield Strait between Aytos Point and M'Kean Point.
The glacier is named after Srebarna Lake in northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Srebarna Glacier is centred at 62°41′25″S 60°02′20″W / 62.69028°S 60.03889°WCoordinates: 62°41′25″S 60°02′20″W / 62.69028°S 60.03889°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.
See also
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
- This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
External links
- Srebarna Glacier SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
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