Mitev Glacier

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Mitev Glacier (Bulgarian: Митев ледник, ‘Mitev Lednik’ \'mi-tev 'led-nik\) is the 2.9 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica situated east of Laennec Glacier. It drains the north slopes of Avroleva Heights and flows northeastwards to enter Hill Bay west of Petroff Point.

The glacier is named after the Bulgarian scientist Ivan Mitev (1924-2006) who discovered the sixth heart tone.

Location

Mitev Glacier is centred at 64°12′30″S 62°09′30″W / 64.20833°S 62.15833°W / -64.20833; -62.15833Coordinates: 64°12′30″S 62°09′30″W / 64.20833°S 62.15833°W / -64.20833; -62.15833. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

Brabant Island from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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