Berkovitsa Glacier
| Berkovitsa Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Location within South Shetland Islands  Location within Antarctica | |
| Location | Livingston Island |
| Coordinates | 62°34′20″S 60°41′15″W / 62.57222°S 60.68750°W |
| Length | 4 km (2.5 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Hero Bay |
| Status | unknown |
Berkovitsa Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Берковица, romanized: lednik Berkovitsa, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ berˈkɔvit͡sɐ]) is a glacier on Livingston Island, Antarctica situated east of Etar Snowfield, south of Medven Glacier, west-northwest of Tundzha Glacier and north-northeast of Verila Glacier. It is bounded by the southeastern slopes of Oryahovo Heights and the northwestern slopes of Snow Peak. It extends 4 km in southeast-northwest direction and 2.8 km in northwest-southeast direction, and drains northeastwards into Hero Bay between Avitohol Point and Remetalk Point.
The glacier is named after the town of Berkovitsa in the western Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.
Location
The glacier is centred at 62°34′20″S 60°41′15″W / 62.57222°S 60.68750°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 Archived 2008-04-24 at the Wayback Machine. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
References
- Berkovitsa Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Berkovitsa Glacier. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.