Kongur Glacier
Encyclopedia
Kongur Glacier is a 2.7 km long glacier on Smith Island
, South Shetland Islands
draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range
. Flowing west of Mount Christi
into Drake Passage
. Bulgarian early mapping in 2008. Named after the peak and nature reserve
of Kongur on Belasitsa Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria
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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 ....
, 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...
draining the northwest slopes 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...
. Flowing west of Mount Christi
Mount Christi
Mount Christi is a peak rising to 1280 m in the northern Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Saparevo Glacier to the north and Kongur Glacier to the west-northwest....
into Drake Passage
Drake Passage
The Drake Passage or Mar de Hoces—Sea of Hoces—is the body of water between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica...
. Bulgarian early mapping in 2008. Named after the peak and nature reserve
Nature reserve
A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research...
of Kongur on Belasitsa Mountain in southwestern 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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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
