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Pastra Glacier

Coordinates: 63°46′00″S 60°44′00″W / 63.76667°S 60.73333°W / -63.76667; -60.73333
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Pastra Glacier
Location of Trinity Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Map showing the location of Pastra Glacier
Map showing the location of Pastra Glacier
Location of Pastra in Antarctica
LocationPalmer Archipelago
Coordinates63°46′S 60°44′W / 63.767°S 60.733°W / -63.767; -60.733
Length3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi)
Width1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusMilburn Bay
Statusunknown

Pastra Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Пастра, romanizedlednik Pastra, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈpastrɐ]) 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.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Pastra in western Bulgaria.[1]

Location

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Pastra Glacier is centred at 63°46′00″S 60°44′00″W / 63.76667°S 60.73333°W / -63.76667; -60.73333. British mapping in 1978.

See also

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Maps

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  • 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 of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

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References

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