Trepetlika Glacier

Location of Danco Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Trepetlika Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Трепетлика, ‘Lednik Trepetlika’ \'led-nik tre-pe-'tli-ka\ is the 8 km long and 3.5 km wide glacier on the south side of Sonketa Ridge in the west foothills of Detroit Plateau on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It drains the northwest slopes of Razhana Buttress, flows westwards and enters Brialmont Cove north of the terminus of Mouillard Glacier.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Trepetlika in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Trepetlika Glacier is centred at 64°15′20″S 60°50′50″W / 64.25556°S 60.84722°W / -64.25556; -60.84722Coordinates: 64°15′20″S 60°50′50″W / 64.25556°S 60.84722°W / -64.25556; -60.84722. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
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)
Trepetlika Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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

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