Clarence Island, Antarctica (6018808983)

Treskavets Glacier ( bg, ледник Трескавец, lednik Treskavets, ) is long and wide glacier on the east side of

Ravelin Ridge Ravelin Ridge is a ridge which extends north–south and rises to 1400 m ( Jerez Peak) in northern Clarence Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It is connected to Urda Ridge to the south by Soyka Saddle, and has its east slopes ...

on Clarence Island in the

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situated north of

Highton Glacier Highton Glacier () is a glacier on the east coast of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, south of Sugarloaf Island, flowing northeast to the sea. Called "Stamina Glacier" from the stamina needed to cross it by the Joint Services Expe ...

and south of Orcho Glacier. It drains the slopes of

Jerez Peak Jerez Peak ( bg, връх Херес, vrah Heres, ) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1400 m at the south extremity of Ravelin Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is connected to Mount Llana by Soyka Saddle, ...

, flows northeastwards and enters the

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south of Gesha Point. The glacier is named after the settlement of Treskavets in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Treskavets Glacier is centred at . British mapping in 1972 and 2009.

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 The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...

. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Treskavets Glacier

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External links

Treskavets Glacier.
Copernix satellite image Glaciers of Clarence Island (South Shetland Islands) Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{SouthShetlands-glacier-stub

Location

See also

Maps

References

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