Macheret Trench

Macheret Trench (Bulgarian: падина Мачерет, ‘Padina Macheret’ pa-'di-na ma-che-'ret) is the narrow, elongated subglacial valley reaching a maximum depth of 120 m below sea level beneath upper Perunika Glacier on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. From its deepest section at 62°36'38.0"S by 60°15'55.0"W, situated north of Rezen Knoll, the feature extends below sea level 3.8 km in southeast direction to near Wörner Gap.

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The feature is named after the Russian glaciologist Yuriy Macheret, leader of the Russian-Spanish-Uzbekistan ice cap radio sounding project that discovered the trench in 2006.