Krapets Glacier

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Location of Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula on Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Krapets Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Крапец, romanized: lednik Krapets, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈkrapɛt͡s]) is the 3.5 km long and 1.4 km wide glacier on Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula, Danco Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated east of Agalina Glacier and west of Zimzelen Glacier. It drains northwards, and flows into the east arm of Salvesen Cove.

The glacier is named after the settlements of Krapets in Northwestern and Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location[]

Krapets Glacier is centred at

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64°26′40″S 61°21′00″W / 64.44444°S 61.35000°W / -64.44444; -61.35000Coordinates: 64°26′40″S 61°21′00″W / 64.44444°S 61.35000°W / -64.44444; -61.35000. British mapping in 1978.

Maps[]

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

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


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