Pleystor Glacier

Location of Liège Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Pleystor Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Плейстор, ‘Lednik Pleystor’ \'led-nik 'pley-stor\) is the 2.2 km long and 1.2 km wide glacier on the west side of Brugmann Mountains on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is situated south-southwest of Zbelsurd Glacier, draining the south slopes of Mishev Peak, the southwest slopes of Pavlov Peak and the northwest slopes of Mount Vesalius, and flowing west-northwestwards into Vapa Cove.

The glacier is named after the Thracian god Pleystor.

Location

Pleystor Glacier is centred at 64°03′18″S 62°00′35″W / 64.05500°S 62.00972°W / -64.05500; -62.00972Coordinates: 64°03′18″S 62°00′35″W / 64.05500°S 62.00972°W / -64.05500; -62.00972. British mapping in 1978 and 1980.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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