Talev Glacier Explained

Talev Glacier
Coordinates:	-65.6222°N -63.9222°W^[1]
Location:	Antarctica
Length:	4 km
Width:	2.8 km
Coords:	Location of Barison Peninsula on Graham Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Talev Glacier (Bulgarian: Талев ледник|Talev lednik, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈtalɛf ˈlɛdnik/) is the 4 km long and 2.8 km wide glacier on Barison Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula,^[2] situated west of Cadman Glacier and southeast of Butamya Glacier. It drains northeastwards, and flows into Beascochea Bay.^[3]

The glacier is named after the Bulgarian writer Dimitar Talev (1898-1966).

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

External links

• Talev Glacier. Copernix satellite image

Sources

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Talev Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References

1. Web site: Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer . 2023-06-13 . www.apcbg.org.
2. Web site: Shen . Qiang . 6 Jun 2017 . Interactive comment on “Antarctic high-resolution ice flow mapping and increased mass loss in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica during 2006–2015” . 13 Jun 2023 . copernicus.org . C5 . PDF.
3. Web site: SCAR Composite Gazetteer . 2023-06-13 . data.aad.gov.au.