Pashuk Glacier is the steep 2.7 km long and 600 m wide glacier on the southeast side 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...

, Smith Island

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 ....

 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, which is draining southeastwards from Vakarel Saddle

Vakarel Saddle

Vakarel Saddle is a crescent-shaped ice-covered saddle of elevation 1800 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica bounded by Antim Peak to the east-northeast, and Evlogi Peak to the southwest, and overlooking Chuprene Glacier to the northwest...

 between the side ridges descending from Antim Peak

Antim Peak

Antim Peak is the ice-covered peak rising to 2080 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 2.25nbsp;km and 1.3 km northeast of the summit Mount Foster and Evlogi Peak respectively, 5.4 km south-southwest of Mount Pisgah, 16 km...

 and Evlogi Peak

Evlogi Peak

Evlogi Peak is a peak rising to 2090 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 1 km north-northeast of the summit Mount Foster, and 1.3 km southwest of Antim Peak, with intervening saddles of elevation 1950 and 1800 m respectively...

 and separating it from Krivodol Glacier

Krivodol Glacier

Krivodol Glacier is a 3.8 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range northeast and east of Antim Peak, southeast of Varshets Saddle and south of Slatina Peak. Flowing southeastward into Osmar Strait. Bulgarian early mapping in 2008. ...

 to the north and Rupite Glacier

Rupite Glacier

Rupite Glacier is a 2.9 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range east of the summit Mount Foster and southeast of Evlogi Peak. Flowing southeastward into Osmar Strait. Bulgarian early mapping in 2008. Named after the settlement...

 to the south respectively, and flowing 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:...

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The glacier is named after the Canadian Keri Pashuk, skipper of the sailing yacht Northanger which provided logistic support for the first ascent of the island’s summit Mount Foster

Mount Foster

Mount Foster is a peak rising to 2105 m in the Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is the highest point of the South Shetland Islands archipelago....

(2105 m) in 1996.

Location

Pashuk Glacier is centred at 62°59′45"S 62°30′00"W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

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