Debelt Glacier

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The Debelt Glacier (Lednik Debelt \'led-nik 'de-belt\) sits on Livingston Island draining the southeastern slopes of Vidin Heights into Moon Bay between Edinburgh Hill and Helis Nunatak. The glacier extends three km in an E-W direction, and 1.5 km in N-S direction.

62°31′55″S, 60°03′46″W (62.5319° S; 60.0628° W)

Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05.

Named after the settlement of Debelt in Southeastern Bulgaria, successor of the ancient town of Deultum.

Registered in the SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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