Yablanitsa Glacier
Encyclopedia
Yablanitsa Glacier is a 1.8 km long glacier on Smith Island
, South Shetland Islands
draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range
and flowing west of Drinov Peak
into Cabut Cove
. The feature is named after the town of Yablanitsa
in northern Bulgaria
.
Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Smith Island is long and wide, lying west of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. Surface area ....
, 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...
draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range
Imeon Range
Imeon Range is a mountain range occupying the interior of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 30 km in southwest-northeast direction between Cape James and Cape Smith, and 6.8 km wide...
and flowing west of Drinov Peak
Drinov Peak
Drinov Peak is a peak rising to 1630 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 3.6 km north-northeast of Antim Peak, 1.9 km north of Slatina Peak, 2.91 km east-southeast of Jireček Point and 1.85 km southwest of Mount Pisgah...
into Cabut Cove
Cabut Cove
Cabut Cove is the 1.08 km wide cove indenting for 1 km the northwest coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and entered between Markeli Point and Jireček Point. Part of its coast is formed by the terminus of Yablanitsa Glacier...
. The feature is named after the town of Yablanitsa
Yablanitsa
Yablanitsa is a small town in the westernmost part of Lovech Province, central-north Bulgaria, located in the area of the Pre-Balkan, north of the Stara Planina mountain. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Yablanitsa Municipality. The town is situated 70 kilometres from the capital...
in northern 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...
.
Location
The glacier's midpoint is located at 62°56′47"S 62°31′02"W (Bulgarian early mapping in 2009).Map
- 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
