Pastra Glacier
Encyclopedia
Pastra Glacier is a 4.8 km long and 2 km wide glacier
in the central part of Trinity Island
in the Palmer Archipelago
, Antarctica. Draining northwards to flow into Milburn Bay
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The glacier is named after the settlement of Pastra in western Bulgaria
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Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
in the central part of Trinity Island
Trinity Island
Trinity Island or Île de la Trinité or Isla Trinidad is an island long and wide in the northern part of the Palmer Archipelago. Trinity 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. Draining northwards to flow into Milburn Bay
Milburn Bay
Milburn Bay is a bay indenting the northwest side of Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1952. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for M.R. Milburn, air traffic control officer of the Falkland Islands and...
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The glacier is named after the settlement of Pastra in western 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
Pastra Glacier is located at 63°46′00"S 60°44′00"W. British mapping in 1978.Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3197. DOS 610 - W 63 60. Tolworth, UK, 1978.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.