Panega Glacier

Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Panega Glacier (Lednik Panega \'led-nik 'pa-ne-ga\) on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is situated southeast of the northeastern portion of Saedinenie Snowfield, south of Rose Valley Glacier, southwest of Debelt Glacier and north of lower Kaliakra Glacier. It drains the southeast slopes of Vidin Heights and flows into Moon Bay between Helis Nunatak and Perperek Knoll. The glacier extends 3.7 km in the southeast-northwest direction, and 3 km in the southwest-northeast direction. It is named after Zlatna Panega River in northern Bulgaria.

Location

The glacier is centred at 62°32′25″S 60°06′49″W / 62.54028°S 60.11361°W / -62.54028; -60.11361Coordinates: 62°32′25″S 60°06′49″W / 62.54028°S 60.11361°W / -62.54028; -60.11361 (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
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

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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