Saparevo Glacier

Saparevo Glacier
Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Saparevo Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Smith Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	63°53′48″S 62°23′20″W / 63.89667°S 62.38889°W / -63.89667; -62.38889
Length	1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi)
Width	1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km; 1.3 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Vedena Cove
Status	unknown

Topographic map of Smith Island.

Saparevo Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Сапарево, romanized: lednik Saparevo, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik sɐpɐˈrɛvo]; 62°53′48″S 62°23′20″W / 62.89667°S 62.38889°W / -62.89667; -62.38889Coordinates: 62°53′48″S 62°23′20″W / 62.89667°S 62.38889°W / -62.89667; -62.38889) is a 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long and 2 km (1.2 miles) wide glacier draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated northeast of Kongur Glacier, and flows north-northeast of Mount Christi and southwest of Matochina Peak into Vedena Cove in Drake Passage. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. The glacier is named after the settlement of Saparevo in Southwestern Bulgaria.

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps[]

• Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
• South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0

References[]

• Saparevo Glacier SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links[]

• Saparevo Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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

Smith Island seen from southeast.

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