Debelt Glacier
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The Debelt Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Дебелт, romanized: lednik Debelt, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ ˈdɛbɛɫt]) on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is situated southeast of Rose Valley Glacier and northeast of Panega Glacier. It drains the southeastern slopes of Vidin Heights and flows into Moon Bay between Edinburgh Hill and Helis Nunatak. The glacier extends three km in an east-west direction, and 1.5 km in north-south direction.
Debelt Glacier | |
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Location | Livingston Island |
Coordinates | 62°31′55″S 60°03′46″W |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Moon Bay |
Status | unknown |
Debelt glacier is centred at 62°31′55″S 60°03′46″W (62.5319° S; 60.0628° W). Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2005 and 2009.
The feature is named after the settlement of Debelt in Southeastern Bulgaria, successor of the ancient town of Deultum.
Registered in the SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.