Shipka Valley
| Shipka Valley | ||
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 The Shipka Valley with Levski Peak (left) and Lyaskovets Peak |
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Tangra Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 39 '5 " S , 60 ° 8' 0" W | |
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| length | 2.4 km | |
The Shipka Valley (English; Bulgarian Шипченска долина Schiptschenska dolina ) is a 2.4 km long and 700 m wide valley on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the Tangra Mountains , it is located on Shipka Saddle between the northern slopes of Lyaskovets Peak and Levski Peak . It is occupied by a glacier that flows into the Huron Glacier .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it between 2004 and 2004. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named the valley in 2005 after the Shipka Pass in Bulgaria.
Web links
- Shipka Valley in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)