Murgash Glacier

Murgash Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Мургаш, romanized: lednik Murgash, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik morˈɡaʃ])is the 3.4 km long and 3.2 km wide glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated southeast of Yakoruda Glacier, south of Teteven Glacier, southwest of Traub Glacier and west-northwest of Bravo Glacier. It is bounded by Lloyd Hill on the northwest, Tile Ridge on the east and Hebrizelm Hill on the southeast, and drains southwards into Kramolin Cove in McFarlane Strait between Yovkov Point and Kaspichan Point.

Murgash Glacier
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Murgash Glacier in Antarctica
Murgash Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationGreenwich Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°29′50″S 59°52′10″W
Length1.8 nmi (3 km; 2 mi)
Width1.7 nmi (3 km; 2 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusKramolin Cove
Statusunknown
Murgash Glacier
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

The glacier is named after Murgash Peak in the western Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location

Murgash Glacier is centred at 62°29′50″S 59°52′10″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
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0

References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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