Peshtera Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

Peshtera Glacier

Location of Rozhen Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands

Location of Peshtera Glacier in Antarctica

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Peshtera Glacier (Antarctica)

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Location| Livingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates| 62°42′40″S 60°18′00″W﻿ / ﻿62.71111°S 60.30000°W﻿ / -62.71111; -60.30000
Length| 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi)
Thickness| unknown
Terminus| Zagore Beach
Status| unknown
Peshtera Glacier from Willan Saddle. Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

The Peshtera Glacier (Bulgarian Lednik Peshtera) is a glacier on the Rozhen Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated southwest of Ruen Icefall and north of Charity Glacier.

The head of the glacier is bounded by MacKay Peak (approx. 700 m) to the southwest and Tervel Peak to the east. It flows 2 km north-northwestward to terminate at the northeast extremity of Zagore Beach. The feature is named after the Bulgarian town of Peshtera, in Pazardzhik Province.

## Location

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The glacier is centred at 62°42′40″S 60°18′00″W﻿ / ﻿62.71111°S 60.30000°W﻿ / -62.71111; -60.30000. 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. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

## References

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

## External links

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* Peshtera 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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