Magura Glacier

Location of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Magura Glacier from Bransfield Strait.

Magura Glacier (Lednik Magura \'led-nik ma-'gu-ra\) is located to the north of M'Kean Point on the southeast side of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and 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. Extending 3.5 km in southwest-northeast direction and 1.9 km in northwest-southeast direction. It flows southeastward into Bransfield Strait and is named after Magura Cave in Bulgaria.

Location

The midpoint of the glacier is located at 62°39′55″S 60°00′00″W / 62.66528°S 60°W / -62.66528; -60Coordinates: 62°39′55″S 60°00′00″W / 62.66528°S 60°W / -62.66528; -60 (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.

Reference

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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