Trepetlika Glacier

Trepetlika Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Трепетлика, romanized: lednik Trepetlika, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik trɛpɛˈtlikɐ]) is the 8 km long and 3.5 km wide glacier on the south side of Sonketa Ridge in the west foothills of Detroit Plateau on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It drains the northwest slopes of Razhana Buttress, flows westwards and enters Brialmont Cove north of the terminus of Mouillard Glacier.

Location of Danco Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Trepetlika in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Trepetlika Glacier is centred at 64°15′20″S 60°50′50″W. 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

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



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