Urdoviza Glacier
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Urdoviza Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Урдовиза, romanized: lednik Urdoviza, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ordoˈvizɐ]) is a glacier on western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of the northern portion of Etar Snowfield and north of Medven Glacier. It extends 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) in the east-west direction and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) in the north-south direction, and is bounded by the eastern slopes of Oryahovo Heights and draining eastwards into Stoyanov Cove of Hero Bay between Agüero Point and Sandanski Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.
Urdoviza Glacier | |
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Location | Livingston Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°31′45″S 60°43′40″W |
Length | 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) |
Width | 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Stoyanov Cove |
Status | unknown |
The glacier is named after Cape Urdoviza on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.