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Iskar Glacier

Iskar Glacier (Iskarski Lednik \'is-k&r-ski 'led-nik) is a glacier in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica situated southeast of lower Huron Glacier, west-southwest of Sopot Ice Piedmont, and north of Dobrudzha and Magura Glaciers. It drains the north slopes of the Tangra Mountains between Helmet Peak to the west and Delchev Peak to the east, and flows northward into Bruix Cove between Yana Point and Rila Point.

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Map of Iskar Glacier, Antarctica

The feature is named after the Iskar River in western Bulgaria.

Location

Iskar Glacier is centred at 62°38′20″S 59°59′20″W. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

Maps

  • 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

    Iskar Glacier Wikipedia
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