Teteven Glacier

Teteven Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Тетевен, romanized: lednik Teteven, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈtɛtɛvɛn]) is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of Yakoruda Glacier, west of Quito Glacier, northwest of Traub Glacier and north of Murgash Glacier. It extends 6.5 km in east-west direction and 3.8 km in north-south direction, and drains the north slopes of Dryanovo Heights into the Drake Passage in Haskovo Cove and Skaptopara Cove between Miletich Point and the ice-free area at Agüedo Point.

Teteven Glacier
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Teteven Glacier in Antarctica
Teteven Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationGreenwich Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°27′40″S 59°52′20″W
Length3.5 nmi (6 km; 4 mi)
Width2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusHaskovo Cove and Skaptopara Cove
Statusunknown
Teteven Glacier from Aitcho Islands.

The glacier is named after the town of Teteven in the central Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location

Teteven Glacier is centred at 62°27′40″S 59°52′20″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
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

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


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