Urdoviza Glacier

Urdoviza Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Урдовиза, romanized: lednik Urdoviza, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ordoˈvizɐ]) is a glacier on western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of the northern portion of Etar Snowfield and north of Medven Glacier. It extends 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) in the east-west direction and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) in the north-south direction, and is bounded by the eastern slopes of Oryahovo Heights and draining eastwards into Stoyanov Cove of Hero Bay between Agüero Point and Sandanski Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

Urdoviza Glacier
Location of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Urdoviza Glacier in Antarctica Urdoviza Glacier (Antarctica)
Location	Livingston Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	62°31′45″S 60°43′40″W
Length	1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi)
Width	1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Stoyanov Cove
Status	unknown

Urdoviza Glacier and Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula in the background, from Catalunyan Saddle; Burdick Ridge in the foreground.

Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

The glacier is named after Cape Urdoviza on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.

Location

The glacier's midpoint is located at 62°31′45″S 60°43′40″W.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References

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

External links

• Urdoviza Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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