Altimir glacier
| Altimir glacier | ||
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| location | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Mountains | Osterrieth Range | |
| length | 4.8 km | |
| width | Max. 5.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 35 '50 " S , 63 ° 9' 0" W | |
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| drainage | Dalchev Cove | |
The Altimir Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Алтимир lednik Altimir ) is a 4.8 km long and 5.5 km wide glacier on the Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows from the northern slopes of the Osterrieth Range in a northerly direction to Dalchev Cove , which it reaches east of Studena Point .
British scientists mapped it in 1980. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2009 after the town of Altimir in northwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Altimir Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)