Treskavets Glacier

Treskavets Glacier
Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands
Treskavets Glacier is located in South Shetland Islands
Treskavets Glacier
Location within South Shetland Islands
Treskavets Glacier is located in Antarctica
Treskavets Glacier
Location within Antarctica
LocationClarence Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates61°13′00″S 54°05′00″W / 61.21667°S 54.08333°W / -61.21667; -54.08333
Length1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km; 1.5 mi)
Width0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi)
Thicknessunknown
Terminussouth of Gesha Point
Statusunknown
Clarence Island seen from northeast with (left to right) Cape Bowles; Dobrodan Glacier and Highton Glacier surmounted by Urda Ridge; Treskavets Glacier, Orcho Glacier and Banari Glacier surmounted by Ravelin Ridge; and Cape Lloyd.

Treskavets Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Трескавец, romanized: lednik Treskavets, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik trɛˈskavɛt͡s]) is 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km; 1.5 mi) long and 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi) wide glacier on the east side of Ravelin Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated north of Highton Glacier and south of Orcho Glacier. It drains the slopes of Jerez Peak, flows northeastwards and enters the Southern Ocean south of Gesha Point.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Treskavets in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Treskavets Glacier is centred at 61°13′00″S 54°05′00″W / 61.21667°S 54.08333°W / -61.21667; -54.08333. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.

See also

Maps

References

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