Teteven Glacier
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Teteven Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Тетевен, romanized: lednik Teteven, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈtɛtɛvɛn]) is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of Yakoruda Glacier, west of Quito Glacier, northwest of Traub Glacier and north of Murgash Glacier. It extends 6.5 km in east-west direction and 3.8 km in north-south direction, and drains the north slopes of Dryanovo Heights into the Drake Passage in Haskovo Cove and Skaptopara Cove between Miletich Point and the ice-free area at Agüedo Point.
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Teteven Glacier | |
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Location | Greenwich Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°27′40″S 59°52′20″W |
Length | 3.5 nmi (6 km; 4 mi) |
Width | 2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Haskovo Cove and Skaptopara Cove |
Status | unknown |
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The glacier is named after the town of Teteven in the central Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.