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Kamchiya Glacier


Kamchiya Glacier (Lednik Kamchiya \'led-nik 'kam-chi-ya\) is located on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated south of the glacial divide between the Drake Passage and Bransfield Strait, and south of Tundzha Glacier, west-southwest of Pimpirev Glacier and east of Verila Glacier. The glacier extends 5 km along an east–west axis and is 2.2 km wide, draining into South Bay between Ereby Point and Memorable Beach.

The feature is named after the Kamchiya River in northeastern Bulgaria.

Kamchiya Glacier is centred at 62°37′22″S 60°31′00″W / 62.62278°S 60.51667°W / -62.62278; -60.51667Coordinates: 62°37′22″S 60°31′00″W / 62.62278°S 60.51667°W / -62.62278; -60.51667. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.


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