Tschuprene Glacier
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 Map of Smith Island with the Tschuprene Glacier (top center) |
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| location | Smith Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Imeon Range | |
| length | 4 km | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 57 '55 " S , 62 ° 31' 53" W | |
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| drainage | Drake Street | |
The Tschuprene Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Чупрене lednik Tschuprene ) is a 4 km long glacier on Smith Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows from the north-west slopes of the Imeon Range southwest of Drinov Peak and west of Varshets Saddle in a southwesterly direction along the northwestern slopes of Antim Peak to Drake Passage , which he south of Villagra Point reached.
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2008. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in the same year after the town of Tschuprene in northwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Chuprene Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)