Pautalia Glacier

Summary

Pautalia Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Пауталия, romanizedlednik Pautaliya, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik pɐoˈtalijɐ]) is a small glacier on Burgas Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated northeast of Strandzha Glacier and south of Sopot Ice Piedmont. It is bounded by Petko Voyvoda Peak to the west, Sozopol Gap to the northwest, Kaloyan Nunatak to the north and Shabla Knoll to the east. The glacier extends 700 m in northwest-southeast direction and 1.1 km in southwest-northeast direction, and flows southeastward into Bransfield Strait.

Pautalia Glacier
Location of Burgas Peninsulaon Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Pautalia Glacier
Map showing the location of Pautalia Glacier
Location of Pautalia Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Pautalia Glacier
Map showing the location of Pautalia Glacier
Pautalia Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationLivingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°37′41″S 59°51′50″W / 62.62806°S 59.86389°W / -62.62806; -59.86389
Length0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km; 0.69 mi)
Width0.4 nautical miles (0.74 km; 0.46 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusBransfield Strait
Statusunknown
Pautalia Glacier
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island.

The feature is named after the ancient Pautalia, ancestor of the present town of Kyustendil in Western Bulgaria.

Location edit

Pautalia Glacier is centred at 62°37′41″S 59°51′50″W / 62.62806°S 59.86389°W / -62.62806; -59.86389. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

See also edit

Maps edit

  • 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 edit

External links edit

  • Pautalia Glacier. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.