Balanstra Glacier
Balanstra Glacier | |
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Location of Balanstra Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Palmer Archipelago |
Coordinates | 64°19′30″S 62°18′20″W / 64.32500°S 62.30556°W / -64.32500; -62.30556 |
Length | 6 nmi (11 km; 7 mi) |
Width | 2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Pampa Passage |
Status | unknown |
Balanstra Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Баланстра, romanized: lednik Balanstra, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ bɐˈɫanstrɐ]) is the 12 km long and 4 km wide glacier on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica situated northeast of Hippocrates Glacier and southwest of Mackenzie Glacier. It drains the southeast slopes of Stribog Mountains, flows east-southeastwards and enters Pampa Passage south of Momino Point and north of Pinel Point.
The glacier is named after the ancient Roman station of Balanstra in Western Bulgaria.
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Location[]
Balanstra Glacier is centred at
Maps[]
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.
References[]
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Balanstra Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
External links[]
- Balanstra Glacier. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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