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Medven Glacier

Medven Glacier
Location of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Medven Glacier
Map showing the location of Medven Glacier
Location of Medven Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Medven Glacier
Map showing the location of Medven Glacier
Medven Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationLivingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°32′50″S 60°42′50″W / 62.54722°S 60.71389°W / -62.54722; -60.71389
Length1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km; 1.5 mi)
Width0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusPrisoe Cove
Statusunknown
Medven Glacier from northern Friesland Ridge.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island.

Medven Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Медвен, romanizedlednik Medven, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈmɛdvɛn]) is a 2.5 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of Etar Snowfield, south of Urdoviza Glacier and north of Berkovitsa Glacier. It is bounded by the east slopes of Oryahovo Heights and drains eastwards into Prisoe Cove, Hero Bay between Remetalk Point and Agüero Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Medven in the eastern Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location

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The glacier is centred at 62°32′50″S 60°42′50″W / 62.54722°S 60.71389°W / -62.54722; -60.71389.

See also

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Map

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  • 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

References

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


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