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Iskar Glacier

January 01, 1970

Iskar Glacier (Bulgarian: Искарски ледник, romanized: Iskarski lednik, IPA: [ˈiskɐrski ˈlɛdnik]) is a glacier in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica situated southeast of lower Huron Glacier, west-southwest of Sopot Ice Piedmont, and north of Dobrudzha and Magura Glaciers. It drains the north slopes of the Tangra Mountains between Helmet Peak to the west and Delchev Peak to the east, and flows northward into Bruix Cove between Yana Point and Rila Point.

Iskar Glacier
Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Iskar Glacier in Antarctica
Iskar Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationLivingston Island
Coordinates62°38′20″S 59°59′20″W / 62.63889°S 59.98889°W / -62.63889; -59.98889
Thicknessunknown
TerminusBruix Cove
Statusunknown
Iskar Glacier from Miziya Peak.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

The feature is named after the Iskar River in western Bulgaria.

Location edit

Iskar Glacier is centred at 62°38′20″S 59°59′20″W / 62.63889°S 59.98889°W / -62.63889; -59.98889. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

See also edit

Maps 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.
  • 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 edit

External links edit

  • Iskar Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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

  This article incorporates public domain material from . Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


 

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January 01, 1970
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