The Peshtera Glacier (Bulgarian Lednik Peshtera) is a glacier on the Rozhen Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated southwest of Ruen Icefall and north of Charity Glacier.
Peshtera Glacier | |
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Location of Peshtera Glacier in Antarctica Peshtera Glacier (Antarctica) | |
Location | Livingston Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°42′40″S 60°18′00″W / 62.71111°S 60.30000°W |
Length | 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Zagore Beach |
Status | unknown |
The head of the glacier is bounded by MacKay Peak (approx. 700 m) to the southwest and Tervel Peak to the east. It flows 2 km north-northwestward to terminate at the northeast extremity of Zagore Beach. The feature is named after the Bulgarian town of Peshtera, in Pazardzhik Province.
The glacier is centred at 62°42′40″S 60°18′00″W / 62.71111°S 60.30000°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.