- Source: Targovishte Glacier
Targovishte Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Търговище, romanized: lednik Targovishte, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik tɐrˈɡɔviʃtɛ]) is situated in Breznik Heights on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, east of Zheravna Glacier and southwest of Musala Glacier. It is bounded by Viskyar Ridge to the west, Vratsa Peak to the northeast, and Drangov Peak and Ziezi Peak to the east, extending 700 m in east-west direction and 1.6 km in north-south direction, and draining southwards into Bransfield Strait northeast of Sartorius Point.
The glacier is named after the city of Targovishte in northeastern Bulgaria.
See also
List of glaciers in the Antarctic
Glaciology
Location
Targovishte Glacier is centred at 62°32′53″S 59°38′26″W (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
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
Targovishte Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
Talev Glacier. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Cakupan Google Street View
- Targovishte Glacier
- Targovishte
- Vratsa Peak
- List of glaciers of South Shetland Islands
- Drangov Peak
- Musala Glacier
- Zheravna Glacier
- Sartorius Point
- Viskyar Ridge
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic: I–Z
