Musala Glacier

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Musala Glacier (on the left) from Bransfield Strait.

Musala Glacier (Lednik Musala \'led-nik mu-sa-'la\) on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is bounded by St. Kiprian Peak to the south, Vratsa Peak to the southwest, central Breznik Heights to the west, and Ilarion Ridge bordering Hardy Cove to the northeast. It extends 3.7 km in east-west direction and 2.2 km in north-south direction, and drains eastwards into Bransfield Strait north of Fort Point.

The glacier is named after Musala Peak in the Rila Mountain, the summit of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula.

Location

The glacier is located at 62°31′57″S 59°36′49″W / 62.5325°S 59.61361°W / -62.5325; -59.61361.

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

Reference

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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