Kamchiya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Камчия, romanizedlednik 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
Map showing the location of Kamchiya Glacier
Map showing the location of Kamchiya Glacier
Location of Kamchiya Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Kamchiya Glacier
Map showing the location of Kamchiya Glacier
Kamchiya Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationLivingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°37′22″S 60°31′00″W / 62.62278°S 60.51667°W / -62.62278; -60.51667
Thicknessunknown
TerminusSouth Bay
Statusunknown
Kamchiya Glacier from Lyaskovets Peak
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

The feature is named after the Kamchiya River in northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

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Kamchiya Glacier is centred at 62°37′22″S 60°31′00″W / 62.62278°S 60.51667°W / -62.62278; -60.51667. Bulgarian mapping in 2005, 2009 and 2017.

See also

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Maps

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  • 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

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