Ovech Glacier | |
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Location of Ovech Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Smith Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°57′45″S 62°26′40″W / 62.96250°S 62.44444°W |
Length | 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Nikolov Cove |
Status | unknown |
Ovech Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Овеч, romanized: lednik Ovech, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈɔvɛt͡ʃ]; 62°57′42″S 62°26′40″W / 62.96167°S 62.44444°W) is a 3.5 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range southeast of Drinov Peak and east of Popovo Saddle and Sevlievski Peak. It is situated southeast of Vetrino Glacier and Yablanitsa Glacier, and northeast of Krivodol Glacier, and flows east-southeastward into Nikolov Cove on Boyd Strait. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. The glacier is named after the medieval fortress of Ovech in northeastern Bulgaria.