Talev Glacier
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Talev Glacier is the 4 km long and 2.8 km wide glacier on Barison Peninsula
, Graham Coast
on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula
, situated west of Cadman Glacier
and southeast of Butamya Glacier
. It drains northeastwards, and flows into Beascochea Bay
.
The glacier is named after the Bulgarian writer Dimitar Talev
(1898-1966).
Barison Peninsula
Barison Peninsula is the mostly ice-covered peninsula projecting 19 km in northwest direction from Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is 12 km wide between Beascochea Bay to the northeast and Leroux Bay to the southwest...
, Graham Coast
Graham Coast
Graham Coast is the portion of the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctic Peninsula, extending 172 km between Cape Bellue to the southwest and Cape Renard to the northeast....
on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
, situated west of Cadman Glacier
Cadman Glacier
Cadman Glacier is a glacier, wide at its mouth and about long, flowing northwestward into the head of the southern arm of Beascochea Bay on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered and roughly surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot...
and southeast of Butamya Glacier
Butamya Glacier
Butamya Glacier is the 6.9 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on Barison Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated northwest of Talev Glacier and north-northeast of Chernomen Glacier...
. It drains northeastwards, and flows into Beascochea Bay
Beascochea Bay
Beascochea Bay is a bay, long and wide, indenting the Graham Coast of Graham Land, Antarctica, between Kiev Peninsula and Barison Peninsula, and entered south of Cape Perez...
.
The glacier is named after the Bulgarian writer Dimitar Talev
Dimitar Talev
Dimitar Talev was a Bulgarian writer and journalist.-Biography:Born in Prilep - Ottoman Empire, present day Republic of Macedonia, he graduated high school in Bitola. Talev studied medicine and philosophy in Zagreb and Vienna, and Slavic philology in Sofia University...
(1898-1966).
Location
Talev Glacier is centred at 65°37′20"S 63°55′20"W. British mapping in 1976.Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.