Ortscho glacier
| Ortscho glacier | ||
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| location | Clarence Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Ravelin Ridge | |
| length | 2 km | |
| width | Max. 1.9 km | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 54 ° 4 ′ 40 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Southern ocean | |
The Ortscho Glacier ( Bulgarian Ледник Орчо Lednik Ortscho ) is a 2 km long and 1.9 km wide glacier on Clarence Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows from the east side of the Ravelin Ridge north of the Treskawez Glacier and south-southwest of the Banari Glacier in an easterly direction to the Southern Ocean , which it reaches north of Gesha Point .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named him in 2014 after the Bulgarian rebel leader Ortscho Wojwoda (1829-1911).
Web links
- Orcho Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)