Loading AI tools
Glacier in Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magura Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Магура, romanized: lednik Magura, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik mɐˈɡurɐ]) on the southeast side of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is located to the north of M'Kean Point, northeast of Srebarna Glacier, south of Iskar Glacier and southwest of Dobrudzha Glacier. It is bounded by Great Needle Peak to the west, Vitosha Saddle, Vihren Peak and Helmet Peak to the northwest, Plovdiv Peak and Shishman Peak to the north, and Devin Saddle and Kuber Peak to the northeast. The glacier extends 3.5 km in southwest-northeast direction and 1.9 km in northwest-southeast direction, and flows southeastward into Bransfield Strait.
Magura Glacier | |
---|---|
![]() Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
Location of Maguea Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Livingston Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°39′55″S 60°00′00″W |
Length | 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) |
Width | 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Bransfield Strait |
Status | unknown |
The feature is named after Magura Cave in Bulgaria.
Magura Glacier is centred at 62°39′55″S 60°00′00″W (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.