Altimir Glacier is a 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) long and 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) wide glacier draining the north slopes of the Osterrieth Range

Osterrieth Range

Osterrieth Range is a mountain range extending in a NE-SW direction along the southeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache, and named by him for Mme. Ernest Osterrieth, a patron of the expedition....

 on Anvers Island

Anvers Island

Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, which is the largest feature in the Palmer Archipelago, lying southwest of Brabant Island at the southwestern end of the group. Anvers Island is located at...

 in the Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....

, Antarctica. It flows northwards to enter Fournier Bay

Fournier Bay

Fournier Bay is a bay 8 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, indenting the northeast coast of Anvers Island immediately west of Briggs Peninsula, in the Palmer Archipelago. Probably first seen by a German expedition 1873-74, under Dallmann. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition,...

 east of Studena Point

Studena Point

Studena Point is a rocky point on the north coast of Parker Peninsula in the northeast part of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, projecting 1.4 km northwards into Fournier Bay and separating the termini of Kleptuza Glacier to the west and Altimir Glacier to the east.The...

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The glacier is named after the settlement of Altimir in northwestern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

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Location

Altimir Glacier is located at 64°35′50"S 63°09′00"W. It was mapped by the British Directorate of Overseas Surveys in 1980.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.