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Kamchiya Glacier

Kamchiya Glacier (Lednik Kamchiya \'led-nik 'kam-chi-ya) is located on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated south of the glacial divide between the Drake Passage and Bransfield Strait, and south of Tundzha Glacier, west-southwest of Pimpirev Glacier and east of Verila Glacier. The glacier extends 5 km along an east–west axis and is 2.2 km wide, draining into South Bay between Ereby Point and Memorable Beach.

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Map of Kamchiya Glacier, Antarctica

The feature is named after the Kamchiya River in northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Kamchiya Glacier is centred at 62°37′22″S 60°31′00″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

    Kamchiya Glacier Wikipedia
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