Debelt Glacier Explained

Debelt Glacier
Map:South Shetland Islands#Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Livingston Island
Coordinates:-62.5319°N -60.0628°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Moon Bay
Status:unknown

The Debelt Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Дебелт|lednik Debelt, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdniɡ ˈdɛbɛɫt/) on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is situated southeast of Rose Valley Glacier and northeast of Panega Glacier. It drains the southeastern slopes of Vidin Heights and flows into Moon Bay between Edinburgh Hill and Helis Nunatak. The glacier extends three km in an east-west direction, and 1.5 km in north-south direction.

Debelt glacier is centred at -62.5319°N -60.0628°W (62.5319° S; 60.0628° W). Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2005 and 2009.

The feature is named after the settlement of Debelt in Southeastern Bulgaria, successor of the ancient town of Deultum.

Registered in the SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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