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 | |
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![]() Location of Burgas Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
Location of Strandzha Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Livingston Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°38′20″S 59°54′00″W / 62.63889°S 59.90000°W |
Length | 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km; 1.0 mi) |
Width | 0.4 nautical miles (0.74 km; 0.46 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Bransfield Strait |
Status | unknown |
![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Strandzha.jpg/280px-Strandzha.jpg)
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The feature is named after Strandzha Mountain, Bulgaria.
Location
editStrandzha Glacier is centred at 62°38′20″S 59°54′00″W / 62.63889°S 59.90000°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.
See also
editMaps
edit- 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
edit- Strandzha Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- Strandzha Glacier. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.