Armira Glacier
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Armira Glacier is a 3 km long glacier on Smith Island
, South Shetland Islands
draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range
southeast of Slaveykov Peak
and east of Neofit Peak
. Flowing southeastward into Osmar Strait
southwest of Ivan Asen Point
. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after Armira River in southeastern Bulgaria
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Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)
Smith Island is long and wide, lying west of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. Surface area ....
, South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range
Imeon Range
Imeon Range is a mountain range occupying the interior of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 30 km in southwest-northeast direction between Cape James and Cape Smith, and 6.8 km wide...
southeast of Slaveykov Peak
Slaveykov Peak
Slaveykov Peak is the sharp peak rising to 1760 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is situated 2 km southwest of the summit Mount Foster, to which it is linked by Zavet Saddle, 1.12 km north-northeast of Neofit Peak, 2.4 km...
and east of Neofit Peak
Neofit Peak
Neofit Peak is an ice-covered peak rising to 1750 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 1.12 km south-southwest of Slaveykov Peak, 3.1 km southwest of the summit Mount Foster, 2.38 km northeast of Riggs Peak and 10.98 km northeast...
. Flowing southeastward into Osmar Strait
Osmar Strait
Osmar Strait is the wide strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica between Smith Island to the northwest and Low Island to the southeast.The strait is named after the settlement of Osmar in northeastern Bulgaria.-Location:...
southwest of Ivan Asen Point
Ivan Asen Point
Ivan Asen Point is a narrow rocky point projecting 680 m into Osmar Strait from the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the south side of the entrance to an 1.15 km wide cove indenting the coast for 980 m, and named Ivan Asen Cove ...
. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after Armira River in southeastern 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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Map
- 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
