Podayva Glacier
Podayva Glacier | |
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Location of Podayva in Antarctica | |
Location | Palmer Archipelago |
Coordinates | 64°02′25″S 62°25′30″W / 64.04028°S 62.42500°W / -64.04028; -62.42500 |
Length | 2.5 nmi (5 km; 3 mi) |
Width | 1.6 nmi (3 km; 2 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Cape Roux |
Status | unknown |
Podayva Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Подайва, romanized: lednik Podayva, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik poˈdajvɐ]) is the 4.5 km long and 3 km wide glacier on Pasteur Peninsula, Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, situated northeast of Dodelen Glacier and west of Burevestnik Glacier. It drains the north slopes of Stribog Mountains, flows northwards and enters the sea east of Cape Roux and west of Marinka Point.
The glacier is named after the settlement of in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location[]
Podayva Glacier is centred at 64°02′25″S 62°25′30″W / 64.04028°S 62.42500°W / -64.04028; -62.42500Coordinates: 64°02′25″S 62°25′30″W / 64.04028°S 62.42500°W / -64.04028; -62.42500. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.
See also[]
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
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)
- Podayva Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
External links[]
- Podayva 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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