Iskar glacier
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Tangra Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 ′ S , 59 ° 59 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Moon Bay | |
The Iskar Glacier ( Bulgarian Ледник Искърски , in the United States Iskŭr Glacier ) is a glacier in the east of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows in a northerly direction into a side bay of Moon Bay .
The name was given by the Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names in 2002. It is named after the Iskar , the longest river in Bulgaria.
Web links
- Iskŭr Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Iskŭr Glacier on geographic.org (English)