Mitew glacier
| Mitew glacier | ||
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| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| length | 2.9 km | |
| width | Max. 2.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 12 ′ 30 ″ S , 62 ° 9 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Hill Bay | |
The Mitew Glacier ( Bulgarian Митев ледник Mitew lednik ) is a 2.9 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on the Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows in a northwest direction to Hill Bay , which it reaches west of Petroff Point .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the Bulgarian pediatrician and cardiologist Ivan Mitew (1924-2006), the discoverer of the VI. Heart tones .
Web links
- Mitev Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)