Jump to content

Dalgopol Glacier

Coordinates: 62°55′17″S 62°27′43″W / 62.92139°S 62.46194°W / -62.92139; -62.46194
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dalgopol Glacier
Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Dalgopol Glacier
Map showing the location of Dalgopol Glacier
Location of Dalgopol Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Dalgopol Glacier
Map showing the location of Dalgopol Glacier
Dalgopol Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationSmith Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°55′17″S 62°27′43″W / 62.92139°S 62.46194°W / -62.92139; -62.46194
Length3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusDrake Passage
Statusunknown
Topographic map of Smith Island

Dalgopol Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Дългопол, romanizedlednik Dalgopol, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ dɐɫɡoˈpɔɫ]) is a 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) long glacier draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated northeast of Vetrino Glacier and southwest of Kongur Glacier, and flows north of Mount Pisgah and northwest of Mezek Peak into Drake Passage. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. The glacier is named after the town of Dalgopol in northeastern Bulgaria.

See also

[edit]

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. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
  • 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. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0

References

[edit]

62°55′17″S 62°27′43″W / 62.92139°S 62.46194°W / -62.92139; -62.46194

[edit]
Smith Island seen from southeast.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.