Tundzha Glacier

Tundzha Glacier (Lednik Tundzha \'led-nik 'tun-dzha\) is a glacier on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica which is bounded by Snow Peak to the west, Teres Ridge to the east and the glacial divide between the Drake Passage and Bransfield Strait to the south. The glacier extends 14 km in east-west direction and 4.5 km in the north-south direction, and drains northwards into Hero Bay between Avitohol Point and Siddons Point. The glacier was named after the Tundzha River in Bulgaria.

Location

The midpoint of the glacier is located at (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

Maps

Reference

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