Pastra Glacier
Glacier in Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica
63°46′S 60°44′W / 63.767°S 60.733°W / -63.767; -60.733
Pastra Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Пастра, romanized: lednik Pastra, IPA: [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°46′00″S 60°44′00″W / 63.76667°S 60.73333°W / -63.76667; -60.73333. British mapping in 1978.
See also
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3197. DOS 610 - W 63 60. Tolworth, UK, 1978.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
Notes
- ^ SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: Pastra Glacier.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Pastra Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
External links
- Pastra Glacier. Copernix satellite image
- This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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