Rose Valley Glacier
Encyclopedia
Rose Valley Glacier is a glacier on Varna Peninsula
, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica extending 5.2 km in southeast-northwest direction, and 3.7 km in southwest-northeast direction. It drains the northeast slopes of Vidin Heights
to flow into Lister Cove and McFarlane Strait
between Pomorie Point
and Inott Point
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The feature is named after the Valley of Roses
in central Bulgaria
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Varna Peninsula
Varna Peninsula is a roughly rectangular predominantly ice-covered peninsula forming the northeast extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica extending 5.2 km in southeast-northwest direction, and 3.7 km in southwest-northeast direction. It drains the northeast slopes of Vidin Heights
Vidin Heights
Vidin Heights are predominantly ice-covered heights rising to 604 m on Varna Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is approximately 8 km long from the north end of Leslie Gap east-northeastwards to Inott Point and 9.6 km...
to flow into Lister Cove and McFarlane Strait
McFarlane Strait
McFarlane Strait is the 24.5 km long and 3.35 km wide strait lying between Greenwich and Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands...
between Pomorie Point
Pomorie Point
Pomorie Point is a point on the coast of McFarlane Strait forming the north side of the entrance to Lister Cove, Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica....
and Inott Point
Inott Point
Inott Point is a point 1.1 mile north-northeast of Edinburgh Hill on the east coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
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The feature is named after the Valley of Roses
Rose Valley, Bulgaria
The Rose Valley is a region in Bulgaria located just south of the Balkan Mountains and the eastern part of the lower Sredna Gora chain to the south...
in central 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°30′30"S 60°06′07"W (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05Tangra 2004/05
The Tangra 2004/05 Expedition was commissioned by the Antarctic Place-names Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, managed by the Manfred Wörner Foundation, and supported by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy...
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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. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
