Sheravna Glacier

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Sheravna Glacier
View across Half Moon Island to the mouth of the Scherawna Glacier in McFarlane Strait.

View across Half Moon Island to the mouth of the Scherawna Glacier in McFarlane Strait .

location Greenwich Island , South Shetland Islands
Mountains Breznik Heights
length 1.8 km
width ⌀ 2 km
Coordinates 62 ° 32 '50 "  S , 59 ° 40' 56"  W Coordinates: 62 ° 32 '50 "  S , 59 ° 40' 56"  W
Sheravna Glacier (South Shetland Islands)
Sheravna Glacier
drainage McFarlane Strait
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The Scherawna Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Жеравна lednik Scherawna ) is a 1.8 km long and 2 km wide glacier in the southwest of Greenwich Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In Breznik Heights, it flows east of Razgrad Peak , south of Momchil Peak and west of Viskyar Ridge in a southerly direction to McFarlane Strait , which it reaches between Ephraim Bluff and Sartorius Point .

The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2005 after the town of Scherawna in the east-central part of Bulgaria .

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