Mitev Glacier
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Mitev Glacier is the 2.9 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on Brabant Island
in the Palmer Archipelago
, Antarctica situated east of Laennec Glacier
. Flowing northeastwards to enter Hill Bay
west of Petroff Point
.
The glacier is named after the Bulgaria
n scientist Ivan Mitev
(1924-2006) who discovered the sixth heart tone
.
Brabant Island
Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is located at . Brabant Island is long in a north-south direction, wide, and rises to in Mount Parry...
in the Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
, Antarctica situated east of Laennec Glacier
Laennec Glacier
Laennec Glacier is a glacier 3 nautical miles long flowing northeast into Hill Bay on the east side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic...
. Flowing northeastwards to enter Hill Bay
Hill Bay
Hill Bay is a bay, 5 nautical miles long and 2 nautical miles wide, which indents eastern Anvers Island between Spallanzani Point and Mitchell Point. The bay was roughly surveyed by the Admiralty Hydrographic Unit, 1951-52. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Leonard C...
west of Petroff Point
Petroff Point
Petroff Point is a rocky point on the east coast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica projecting northeastwards 1.2 km into Hill Bay...
.
The glacier is named after the Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n scientist Ivan Mitev
Ivan Mitev
Professor Ivan Mitev Ivanov was a Bulgarian pediatrician and cardio rheumatologist who discovered the sixth heart tone, called the tone of Mitev.- Notes :* * *...
(1924-2006) who discovered the sixth heart tone
Heart sounds
Heart sounds, or heartbeats, are the noises generated by the beating heart and the resultant flow of blood through it...
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Location
Mitev Glacier is located at 64°12′30"S 62°09′30"W. British mapping in 1980.Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.