Strandzha Glacier

Strandzha Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Странджа, romanized: lednik Strandzha, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈstrand͡ʒɐ]) is located on Burgas Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica northeast of Ropotamo Glacier, south of Sopot Ice Piedmont and southwest of Pautalia Glacier. It is bounded by Delchev Peak to the west, Spartacus Peak, Trigrad Gap and Yavorov Peak to the northwest, and by Elena Peak to the north, extends 1.6 km in northeast-southwest direction and 800 m in northwest-southeast direction, and flows southeastward into Bransfield Strait.

Strandzha Glacier
Location of Burgas Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Strandzha Glacier in Antarctica
Strandzha Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationLivingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°38′20″S 59°54′00″W
Length0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km; 1.0 mi)
Width0.4 nautical miles (0.74 km; 0.46 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusBransfield Strait
Statusunknown
Strandzha Glacier from Bransfield Strait, with Spartacus Peak, Yavorov Peak and Elena Peak in the background.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

The feature is named after Strandzha Mountain, Bulgaria.

Location

Strandzha Glacier is centred at 62°38′20″S 59°54′00″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.


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