Srebarna Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Сребарна, romanizedlednik Srebarna, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈsrɛbɐrnɐ]) on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is situated east-northeast of Boyana Glacier, southeast of the head of Macy Glacier and southwest of Magura Glacier. It extends 2.3 km in southwest-northeast direction and 1.8 km in northwest-southeast direction, and drains southeast of Serdica Peak and the Great Needle Peak in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains to enter Bransfield Strait between Aytos Point and M'Kean Point.

Srebarna Ice Piedmont
Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Srebarna Ice Piedmont
Map showing the location of Srebarna Ice Piedmont
Location of Srebarna Ice Piedmont in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Srebarna Ice Piedmont
Map showing the location of Srebarna Ice Piedmont
Srebarna Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationLivingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°41′25″S 60°02′20″W / 62.69028°S 60.03889°W / -62.69028; -60.03889
Length1.2 nautical miles (2.2 km; 1.4 mi)
Width1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusBransfield Strait
Statusunknown
Srebarna Glacier from Bransfield Strait, with Great Needle Peak on the right
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Islands

The glacier is named after Srebarna Lake in northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

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Srebarna Glacier is centred at 62°41′25″S 60°02′20″W / 62.69028°S 60.03889°W / -62.69028; -60.03889. 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
  • A. Kamburov and L. Ivanov. Bowles Ridge and Central Tangra Mountains: Livingston Island, Antarctica. Scale 1:25000 map. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2023. ISBN 978-619-90008-6-1

References

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