Kamchiya Glacier
Kamchiya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Камчия, romanized: lednik Kamchiya, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈkamt͡ʃijɐ]) is located on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated south of the glacial divide between the Drake Passage and Bransfield Strait, and south of Tundzha Glacier, west-southwest of Pimpirev Glacier and east of Verila Glacier. The glacier extends 5 km along an east–west axis and is 2.2 km wide, draining into South Bay between Ereby Point and Memorable Beach.
| Kamchiya Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Location of Kamchiya Glacier in Antarctica  Kamchiya Glacier (Antarctica) | |
| Location | Livingston Island South Shetland Islands |
| Coordinates | 62°37′22″S 60°31′00″W |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | South Bay |
| Status | unknown |
The feature is named after the Kamchiya River in northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Kamchiya Glacier is centred at 62°37′22″S 60°31′00″W. Bulgarian mapping in 2005, 2009 and 2017.
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.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
References
- Kamchiya Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Kamchiya Glacier. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.