Urdoviza Glacier

Urdoviza Glacier
Location of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Urdoviza Glacier
Map showing the location of Urdoviza Glacier
Location of Urdoviza Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Urdoviza Glacier
Map showing the location of Urdoviza Glacier
Urdoviza Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationLivingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°31′45″S 60°43′40″W / 62.52917°S 60.72778°W / -62.52917; -60.72778
Length1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi)
Width1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusStoyanov Cove
Statusunknown
Urdoviza Glacier and Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula in the background, from Catalunyan Saddle; Burdick Ridge in the foreground.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Urdoviza Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Урдовиза, romanizedlednik Urdoviza, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ordoˈvizɐ]) is a glacier on western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of the northern portion of Etar Snowfield and north of Medven Glacier. It extends 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) in the east-west direction and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) in the north-south direction, and is bounded by the eastern slopes of Oryahovo Heights and draining eastwards into Stoyanov Cove of Hero Bay between Agüero Point and Sandanski Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

The glacier is named after Cape Urdoviza on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.