Vrachesh Glacier

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Vrachesh Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Врачеш, ‘Lednik Vrachesh’ \'led-nik 'vra-chesh\) is the 10.3 km long and 2.7 km wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land situated southwest of Kladorub Glacier and northeast of Enravota Glacier. It drains the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, flows southeastwards, and south of Papiya Nunatak turns east to enter Desislava Cove in Weddell Sea northeast of Richard Knoll. The feature is named after the settlement of Vrachesh in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Vrachesh Glacier is located at 64°40′40″S 60°42′00″W / 64.67778°S 60.70000°W / -64.67778; -60.70000Coordinates: 64°40′40″S 60°42′00″W / 64.67778°S 60.70000°W / -64.67778; -60.70000. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

• Vrachesh Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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