Ritja glacier
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 Map of Smith Island with the Ritja Glacier (top right) |
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| location | Smith Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Imeon Range | |
| length | 1.8 km | |
| width | Max. 1.4 km | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 55 '15 " S , 62 ° 22' 30" W | |
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| drainage | Linevo Cove | |
The Ritja Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Ритя lednik Ritja ) is a steep, 1.8 km long and 1.4 km wide glacier on Smith Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . From the southeastern slopes of the Imeon Range it flows northeast of the Nosei Glacier , southeast of the Kongur Glacier and south of the Saparewo Glacier in a southeastern direction from Mount Christi to the head end of Linevo Cove on Boyd Strait .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2015 after the town of Ritja in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Ritya Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)