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Ritya Glacier

Ritya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Ритя, ‘Lednik Ritya’ \'led-nik 'ri-tya) is the steep 1.8 km long and 1.4 km wide glacier draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated northeast of Nosei Glacier, southeast of Kongur Glacier and south of Saparevo Glacier, flows southeastwards from Mount Christi and enters the head of Linevo Cove on Boyd Strait.

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The glacier is named after the settlement of Ritya in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Ritya Glacier is centred at 62°55′15″S 62°22′30″W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2010.

Maps

  • 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
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

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