Targovishte Glacier

Targovishte Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Търговище, romanized: lednik Targovishte, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik tɐrˈɡɔviʃtɛ]) is situated in Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, east of Zheravna Glacier and southwest of Musala Glacier. It is bounded by Viskyar Ridge to the west, Vratsa Peak to the northeast, and Drangov Peak and Ziezi Peak to the east, extending 700 m in east-west direction and 1.6 km in north-south direction, and draining southwards into Bransfield Strait northeast of Sartorius Point.

Targovishte Glacier
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Targovishte Glacier in Antarctica Targovishte Glacier (Antarctica)
Location	Greenwich Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	62°32′53″S 59°38′26″W
Length	0.8 nmi (1 km; 1 mi)
Width	0.4 nmi (1 km; 0 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	north east of Sartorius Point
Status	unknown

Targovishte Glacier from Bransfield Strait.

The glacier is named after the city of Targovishte in northeastern Bulgaria.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Location

Targovishte Glacier is centred at 62°32′53″S 59°38′26″W (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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.

References

• Targovishte Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Talev Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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.