Saychar Glacier
| Saychar Glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Detroit plateau | |
| length | 7.5 km | |
| width | Max. 2.7 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 31 ′ 25 ″ S , 60 ° 20 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Odrin Bay | |
The Sajtschar Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Зайчар Lednik Sajtschar ) is a 7.5 km long and 2.7 km wide glacier on the Nordenskjöld Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . From the southeastern slopes of the Detroit Plateau it flows between the Grivitsa Ridge and the Kableshkov Ridge to Odrin Bay , which it reaches 3 miles northwest of Fothergill Point .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2011 after the village of Sajchar in southeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Zaychar Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)