Pautalia Glacier
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Pautalia Glacier is a glacier on Burgas Peninsula
, Livingston Island, Antarctica bounded by Petko Voyvoda Peak
to the west, Sozopol Gap
to the northwest, Kaloyan Nunatak
to the north and Shabla Knoll
to the east. Extending 700 m in northwest-southeast direction and 1.1 km in southwest-northeast direction. It flows southeastward into Bransfield Strait
and is named after the ancient Pautalia, ancestor of the present town of Kyustendil
in Western Bulgaria
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Burgas Peninsula
Burgas Peninsula is a predominantly ice-covered peninsula forming the east extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 10 km in the east-northeast direction towards Renier Point and 4.7 km wide...
, Livingston Island, Antarctica bounded by Petko Voyvoda Peak
Petko Voyvoda Peak
Petko Voyvoda Peak is a partly ice-covered peak of elevation 400 m in Delchev Ridge in Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, which surmounts Sopot Ice Piedmont to the northwest, and Pautalia Glacier to the east.The peak is named after Captain Petko Voyvoda ,...
to the west, Sozopol Gap
Sozopol Gap
Sozopol Gap is a partly ice-covered, 500 m long saddle in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica bounded to the southwest by Petko Voyvoda Peak and to the northeast by Kaloyan Nunatak...
to the northwest, Kaloyan Nunatak
Kaloyan Nunatak
Kaloyan Nunatak is a conspicuous nunatak in the Tangra Mountains. It is named after Czar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, 1197-1207 AD.Kaloyan Nunatak rises to approximately 400 m in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, on eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
to the north and Shabla Knoll
Shabla Knoll
Shabla Knoll rises to over in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica surmounting Sopot Ice Piedmont to the north and Pautalia Glacier to the southwest....
to the east. Extending 700 m in northwest-southeast direction and 1.1 km in southwest-northeast direction. It flows southeastward into Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast-southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. It was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland...
and is named after the ancient Pautalia, ancestor of the present town of Kyustendil
Kyustendil
Kyustendil is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of Kyustendil Province, with a population of 44 416 . Kyustendil is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, 90 km southwest of Sofia...
in Western 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...
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Location
The glacier is located at 62°37′41"S 59°51′50"W.Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
