Kleptuza Glacier is a 6 km long and 6 km wide glacier

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...

 draining the east slopes of Mount Hector

Trojan Range

The Trojan Range is a mountain range rising to , extending northward from Mount Francais along the east side of Iliad Glacier, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory...

 in the Trojan Range

Trojan Range

The Trojan Range is a mountain range rising to , extending northward from Mount Francais along the east side of Iliad Glacier, Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory...

 and the north slopes of Osterrieth Range

Osterrieth Range

Osterrieth Range is a mountain range extending in a NE-SW direction along the southeast coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache, and named by him for Mme. Ernest Osterrieth, a patron of the expedition....

 on Anvers Island

Anvers Island

Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, which is the largest feature in the Palmer Archipelago, lying southwest of Brabant Island at the southwestern end of the group. Anvers 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. Situated southeast of Thamyris Glacier

Thamyris Glacier

Thamyris Glacier is a 3 km long and 2.8 km wide glacier draining the east slopes of the Trojan Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Situated east of Iliad Glacier, south of Rhesus Glacier and northwest of Kleptuza Glacier...

 and west of Altimir Glacier

Altimir Glacier

Altimir Glacier is a long and wide glacier draining the north slopes of the Osterrieth Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It flows northwards to enter Fournier Bay east of Studena Point....

. Flowing northwards to enter Fournier Bay

Fournier Bay

Fournier Bay is a bay 8 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, indenting the northeast coast of Anvers Island immediately west of Briggs Peninsula, in the Palmer Archipelago. Probably first seen by a German expedition 1873-74, under Dallmann. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition,...

 east of Madzharovo Point

Madzharovo Point

Madzharovo Point is a point on the southwest coast of Fournier Bay in Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica separating the termini of Thamyris Glacier to the northwest and Kleptuza Glacier to the southeast....

 and west of Studena Point

Studena Point

Studena Point is a rocky point on the north coast of Parker Peninsula in the northeast part of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, projecting 1.4 km northwards into Fournier Bay and separating the termini of Kleptuza Glacier to the west and Altimir Glacier to the east.The...

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The glacier is named after the karst

KARST

Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope is a Chinese telescope project to which FAST is a forerunner. KARST is a set of large spherical reflectors on karst landforms, which are bowlshaped limestone sinkholes named after the Kras region in Slovenia and Northern Italy. It will consist of...

 spring

Spring (hydrosphere)

A spring—also known as a rising or resurgence—is a component of the hydrosphere. Specifically, it is any natural situation where water flows to the surface of the earth from underground...

 of Kleptuza in southern Bulgaria

Southern Bulgaria

Southern Bulgaria is the southern half of the territory of Bulgaria, located to the south of the main ridge of the Balkan Mountains which conventionally separates the country into a northern and a southern part...

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Location

Kleptuza Glacier is located at 64°36′00"S 63°16′00"W. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.