Wratschesch glacier
| Wratschesch glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Detroit plateau | |
| length | 10.3 km | |
| width | Max. 2.7 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 41 ′ S , 60 ° 42 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Desislava Cove | |
The Wratschesch Glacier ( Bulgarian педник Врачеш Lednik Wratschesch ) is a 10.3 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 in an initially southwest and south of Papija-Nunatak then east to Desislava Cove .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Wratschesch in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Vrachesh Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)