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Treskavets Glacier

Treskavets Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Трескавец, ‘Lednik Treskavets’ \'led-nik tre-'ska-vets) is the 2.5 km long and 1.4 km wide glacier on the east side of Ravelin Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated north of Highton Glacier and south of Orcho Glacier. It drains the slopes of Jerez Peak, flows northeastwards and enters the Southern Ocean south of Gesha Point.

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The glacier is named after the settlement of Treskavets in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Treskavets Glacier is centred at 61°13′00″S 54°05′00″W. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
  • South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

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    Treskavets Glacier Wikipedia
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