Kongur Glacier | |
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Location of Kongur Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Smith Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°54′23″S 62°25′48″W / 62.90639°S 62.43000°W |
Length | 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Drake Passage |
Status | unknown |
Kongur Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Конгур, romanized: lednik Kongur, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈkɔŋɡor]) is a 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) long glacier draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated northeast of Dalgopol Glacier and southwest of Saparevo Glacier, and flows west of Mount Christi into Drake Passage. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. The glacier is named after the peak and nature reserve of Kongur on Belasitsa Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria.