Srebarna Glacier

Srebarna Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Сребарна, romanized: lednik Srebarna, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈsrɛbɐrnɐ]) on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is situated east-northeast of Boyana Glacier, southeast of the head of Macy Glacier and southwest of Magura Glacier. It extends 2.3 km in southwest-northeast direction and 1.8 km in northwest-southeast direction, and drains southeast of Serdica Peak and the Great Needle Peak in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains to enter Bransfield Strait between Aytos Point and M'Kean Point.

Srebarna Ice Piedmont
Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Srebarna Ice Piedmont in Antarctica Srebarna Glacier (Antarctica)
Location	Livingston Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	62°41′25″S 60°02′20″W
Length	1.2 nautical miles (2.2 km; 1.4 mi)
Width	1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Bransfield Strait
Status	unknown

Srebarna Glacier from Bransfield Strait, with Great Needle Peak on the right

Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Islands

The glacier is named after Srebarna Lake in northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Srebarna Glacier is centred at 62°41′25″S 60°02′20″W. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

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
• A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023. ISBN 978-619-90008-6-1

References

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

External links

• Srebarna Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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