Berkovitsa Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

Berkovitsa Glacier

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands

Location of Berkovitsa Glacier in Antarctica

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Berkovitsa Glacier (Antarctica)

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Location| Livingston Island
Coordinates| 62°34′20″S 60°41′15″W﻿ / ﻿62.57222°S 60.68750°W﻿ / -62.57222; -60.68750
Length| 4 km (2.5 mi)
Thickness| unknown
Terminus| Hero Bay
Status| unknown
Berkovitsa Glacier (in the background) from Kuzman Knoll Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Berkovitsa Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Берковица, romanized: lednik Berkovitsa, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ berˈkɔvit͡sɐ]) is a glacier on Livingston Island, Antarctica situated east of Etar Snowfield, south of Medven Glacier, west-northwest of Tundzha Glacier and north-northeast of Verila Glacier. It is bounded by the southeastern slopes of Oryahovo Heights and the northwestern slopes of Snow Peak. It extends 4 km in southeast-northwest direction and 2.8 km in northwest-southeast direction, and drains northeastwards into Hero Bay between Avitohol Point and Remetalk Point.

The glacier is named after the town of Berkovitsa in the western Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

## Location

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The glacier is centred at 62°34′20″S 60°41′15″W﻿ / ﻿62.57222°S 60.68750°W﻿ / -62.57222; -60.68750. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

## See also

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* List of glaciers in the Antarctic
* Glaciology

## 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.

## References

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* Berkovitsa Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
* Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

## External links

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* Berkovitsa Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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

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