Berkovitsa Glacier
| Berkovitsa Glacier | ||
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 View from Kuzman Knoll to the Berkowiza Glacier |
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Oryahovo Heights | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 34 ′ S , 60 ° 41 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Prisoe Cove | |
The Berkowiza Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Берковица lednik Berkowiza ) is a glacier on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows from the southeast slopes of Oryahovo Heights and the northwest slopes of Snow Peak in a northeastern direction to Prisoe Cove , which it reaches between Avitohol Point and Remetalk Point .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2005 after the town of Berkovitsa in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Berkoviza Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)