Medven Glacier
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Medven Glacier is a 2.5 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier bounded by the east slopes of Oryahovo Heights
on Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula
, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica and draining eastwards into Prisoe Cove
, Hero Bay
between Remetalk Point
and Agüero Point
.
The glacier is named after the settlement of Medven in the eastern Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.
Oryahovo Heights
Oryahovo Heights are the ice-covered heights of elevation 340 m extending 6 km in north-south direction in central and eastern Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
on Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula
Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula
Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica that is bounded by Hero Bay to the east and Barclay Bay to the west. It extends 13 km in length in north-south direction and is 8 km wide...
, Livingston Island in the 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...
, Antarctica and draining eastwards into Prisoe Cove
Prisoe Cove
Prisoe Cove is the 3.7 km wide cove indenting for 1.75 km the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Entered between Agüero Point and Avitohol Point...
, Hero Bay
Hero Bay
Hero Bay is a 17 mi wide bay, which indents for 6 mi the north side of Livingston Island between Cape Shirreff and Williams Point, in the South Shetland Islands. The name ‘Blythe Bay’, originally applied to a small bay on the southeast side of Desolation Island on Powell's chart of 1822...
between Remetalk Point
Remetalk Point
Remetalk Point , is a point on the east coast of the Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica formed by an offshoot of Oryahovo Heights...
and Agüero Point
Agüero Point
Agüero Point is a trapezoid-shaped and mostly ice-covered point projecting 900 m east-northeastwards from the east coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula into Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
.
The glacier is named after the settlement of Medven in the eastern Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.
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
