Ropotamo Glacier Explained

Ropotamo Glacier
Map:South Shetland Islands#Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Livingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates:-62.6486°N -59.9261°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Yantra Cove
Status:unknown

Ropotamo Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Ропотамо|lednik Ropotamo, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdnik ropoˈtamo/) is a glacier extending 900m (3,000feet) from northeast to southwest and 600m (2,000feet) from northwest to southeast on the Burgas Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The glacier is northeast of Dobrudzha Glacier, east-southeast of Iskar Glacier, south of Sopot Ice Piedmont and southwest of Strandzha Glacier. It is bounded by Asen Peak and Delchev Peak to the northwest and north, and flows southeastwards mostly into Yantra Cove, Bransfield Strait. The feature is named after the river Ropotamo in Bulgaria.

Location

Ropotamo Glacier is centered at -62.6486°N -59.9261°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

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