Zheravna Glacier Explained

Zheravna Glacier
Map:South Shetland Islands#Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Greenwich Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates:-62.5472°N -59.6822°W
Length:1nmi
Width:1nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:McFarlane Strait
Status:unknown

Zheravna Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Жеравна|lednik Zheravna, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdniɡ ˈʒɛrɐvnɐ/) is a glacier on Greenwich Island, Antarctica situated east of Wulfila Glacier and west of Targovishte Glacier. It is bounded by Razgrad Peak to the west, Ilinden Peak and Momchil Peak to the north, and Viskyar Ridge to the east, extending 2 km in the east–west direction and 1.8 km in the north–south direction, and draining southwards into McFarlane Strait between Ephraim Bluff and Sartorius Point.

The feature is named after the settlement of Zheravna in the eastern Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location

Zheravna Glacier is centred at -62.5472°N -59.6822°W (Bulgarian survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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