Kaliakra glacier
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View from Melnik Peak to the Kaliakra Glacier (background: Vidin Heights ) |
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location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
Coordinates | 62 ° 35 ′ S , 60 ° 9 ′ W | |
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drainage | Moon Bay |
The Kaliakra Glacier ( Bulgarian Ледник Калиакра ) is a glacier on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows south of Samuel Peak in an easterly direction to the northern section of Moon Bay .
The name was given by the Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names in 1995. It is named after Cape Kaliakra on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast .
Web links
- Kaliakra Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kaliakra Glacier on geographic.org (English)