Orcho Glacier

Orcho Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Орчо, romanized: lednik Orcho, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈɔrt͡ʃo]) is 1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km; 1.3 mi) long and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) wide glacier on the east side of Ravelin Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated north of Treskavets Glacier and south-southwest of Banari Glacier. It flows eastwards and enters the Southern Ocean north of Gesha Point.

Orcho Glacier
Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Orcho Glacier in Antarctica Orcho Glacier (Antarctica)
Location	Clarence Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	61°12′00″S 54°04′40″W
Length	1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km; 1.3 mi)
Width	1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Gesha Point
Status	unknown

Clarence Island seen from northeast with (left to right) Cape Bowles; Dobrodan Glacier and Highton Glacier surmounted by Urda Ridge; Treskavets Glacier, Orcho Glacier and Banari Glacier surmounted by Ravelin Ridge; and Cape Lloyd

The glacier is named after the Bulgarian rebel leader Orcho Voyvoda (1829-1911).

Location

Orcho Glacier is centred at 61°12′00″S 54°04′40″W. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
• South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Orcho Glacier SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links

• Orcho Glacier. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.