Pastra Glacier Explained

Pastra Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Palmer Archipelago
Coordinates:-63.7667°N -104°W
Length:3nmi
Width:1nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Milburn Bay
Status:unknown

Pastra Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Пастра|lednik Pastra, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdnik ˈpastrɐ/) is a 4.8 km long and 2 km wide glacier in the central part of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Draining northwards to flow into Milburn Bay.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Pastra in western Bulgaria.[1]

Location

Pastra Glacier is centred at -63.7667°N -60.7333°W. British mapping in 1978.

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Notes and References

  1. http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=136872 SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica