Kongur Glacier
| Kongur Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Location of Kongur Glacier inAntarctica  Kongur Glacier (Antarctica) | |
| Location | Smith Island South Shetland Islands |
| Coordinates | 62°54′23″S62°25′48″W/ 62.90639°S 62.43000°W |
| Length | 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Drake Passage |
| Status | unknown |
Kongur Glacier(Bulgarian:ледник Конгур,romanized:lednik Kongur,IPA:[ˈlɛdnikˈkɔŋɡor]) is a 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) long glacier draining the northwest slopes ofImeon RangeonSmith Islandin theSouth Shetland Islands,Antarctica. It is situated northeast ofDalgopol Glacierand southwest ofSaparevo Glacier,and flows west ofMount ChristiintoDrake Passage.Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. The glacier is named after the peak andnature reserveofKonguronBelasitsaMountain in southwesternBulgaria.
62°54′23″S62°25′48″W/ 62.90639°S 62.43000°W
Maps
[edit]- Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c.from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
- L.L. Ivanov.Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010.ISBN978-954-92032-9-5(First edition 2009.ISBN978-954-92032-6-4)
- South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands.Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- L.L. Ivanov.Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island.Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017.ISBN978-619-90008-3-0
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Kongur GlacierSCARComposite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission.(details in Bulgarian,basic datain English)
External links
[edit]- Kongur Glacier.Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from theAntarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgariawhich is used with permission.
