Ropotamo Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Ропотамо, romanizedlednik Ropotamo, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ropoˈtamo]) is a glacier extending 900 m (3,000 ft) from northeast to southwest and 600 m (2,000 ft) from northwest to southeast on the Burgas Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The glacier is northeast of Dobrudzha Glacier, east-southeast of Iskar Glacier, south of Sopot Ice Piedmont and southwest of Strandzha Glacier. It is bounded by Asen Peak and Delchev Peak to the northwest and north, and flows southeastwards mostly into Yantra Cove, Bransfield Strait.

Ropotamo Glacier
Location of Burgas Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Ropotamo Glacier
Map showing the location of Ropotamo Glacier
Location of Ropotamo Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Ropotamo Glacier
Map showing the location of Ropotamo Glacier
Ropotamo Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationLivingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°38′55″S 59°55′34″W / 62.64861°S 59.92611°W / -62.64861; -59.92611
Length0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi)
Width0.3 nautical miles (0.56 km; 0.35 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusYantra Cove
Statusunknown
Ropotamo Glacier from Bransfield Strait, with Delchev Peak in the background.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

The feature is named after the river Ropotamo in Bulgaria.

Location

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Ropotamo Glacier is centered at 62°38′55″S 59°55′34″W / 62.64861°S 59.92611°W / -62.64861; -59.92611. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

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. 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.