Murgash Glacier Explained

Murgash Glacier
Map:South Shetland Islands#Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Greenwich Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates:-62.4972°N -59.8694°W
Length:1.8nmi
Width:1.7nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Kramolin Cove
Status:unknown

Murgash Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Мургаш|lednik Murgash, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdnik morˈɡaʃ/)is the 3.4 km long and 3.2 km wide glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated southeast of Yakoruda Glacier, south of Teteven Glacier, southwest of Traub Glacier and west-northwest of Bravo Glacier. It is bounded by Lloyd Hill on the northwest, Tile Ridge on the east and Hebrizelm Hill on the southeast, and drains southwards into Kramolin Cove in McFarlane Strait between Yovkov Point and Kaspichan Point.

The glacier is named after Murgash in the western Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location

Murgash Glacier is centred at -62.4972°N -59.8694°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

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