Pastra Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Пастра, romanized: lednik Pastra, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈpastrɐ]) is a 4.8 km long and 2 km wide glacier in the central part of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Draining northwards to flow into Milburn Bay.
Pastra Glacier | |
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Location of Pastra in Antarctica | |
Location | Palmer Archipelago |
Coordinates | 63°46′S 60°44′W / 63.767°S 60.733°W |
Length | 3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi) |
Width | 1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Milburn Bay |
Status | unknown |
The glacier is named after the settlement of Pastra in western Bulgaria.[1]
Location edit
Pastra Glacier is centred at 63°46′00″S 60°44′00″W / 63.76667°S 60.73333°W. British mapping in 1978.
See also edit
Maps edit
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3197. DOS 610 - W 63 60. Tolworth, UK, 1978.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
Notes edit
- ^ SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: Pastra Glacier.
References edit
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Pastra Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
External links edit
- Pastra Glacier. Copernix satellite image
- This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.