Pautalia Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glacier in Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pautalia Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Пауталия, romanized: lednik Pautaliya, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik pɐoˈtalijɐ]) is a small glacier on Burgas Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated northeast of Strandzha Glacier and south of Sopot Ice Piedmont. It is bounded by Petko Voyvoda Peak to the west, Sozopol Gap to the northwest, Kaloyan Nunatak to the north and Shabla Knoll to the east. The glacier extends 700 m in northwest-southeast direction and 1.1 km in southwest-northeast direction, and flows southeastward into Bransfield Strait.
Pautalia Glacier | |
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Location of Pautalia Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Livingston Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°37′41″S 59°51′50″W |
Length | 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km; 0.69 mi) |
Width | 0.4 nautical miles (0.74 km; 0.46 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Bransfield Strait |
Status | unknown |
The feature is named after the ancient Pautalia, ancestor of the present town of Kyustendil in Western Bulgaria.
Pautalia Glacier is centred at 62°37′41″S 59°51′50″W. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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