Letnitsa Glacier
Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Smith Island.
Letnitsa Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Летница, ‘Lednik Letnitsa’ \'led-nik 'let-ni-tsa\) is a 1.8 km long glacier on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range east of Organa Peak and south of Riggs Peak. It is situated southwest of Gramada Glacier and northeast of Kremena Ice Piedmont, and flows southeastward into Hisarya Cove, Osmar Strait. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. The glacier is named after the town of Letnitsa in northern Bulgaria.
Coordinates: 63°03′05″S 62°36′25″W / 63.05139°S 62.60694°W
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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