Orcho Glacier | |
Map: | South Shetland Islands#Antarctica |
Mark: | Blue_pog.svg |
Location: | Clarence Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates: | -61.2°N -54.0778°W |
Thickness: | unknown |
Terminus: | Gesha Point |
Status: | unknown |
Orcho Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Орчо|lednik Orcho, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdnik ˈɔrt͡ʃo/) is long and wide glacier on the east side of Ravelin Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated north of Treskavets Glacier and south-southwest of Banari Glacier. It flows eastwards and enters the Southern Ocean north of Gesha Point.
The glacier is named after the Bulgarian rebel leader Orcho Voyvoda (1829-1911).
Orcho Glacier is centred at -61.2°N -54.0778°W. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.