Tundscha Glacier
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 View from Lyaskovets Peak over the Pimpirew Glacier to the rear of the Tundscha Glacier |
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| length | 4.5 km | |
| width | Max. 14 km | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 35 ′ 30 ″ S , 60 ° 30 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Hero Bay with Skravena Cove and Maleshevo Cove | |
The Tundscha Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Тунджа lednik Tundscha ) is a 4.5 km long and 14 km wide glacier on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . Bounded by Snow Peak in the west, Teres Ridge in the east and the watershed between Drake and Bransfield Strait in the south, it flows in a northerly direction to Hero Bay , into which it flows, including two side bays between Avitohol Point and Siddons Point .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2005 after the river Tundscha in Bulgaria .
Web links
- Tundzha Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)