Letnitsa Glacier | |
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Location of Letnitsa Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Smith Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 63°03′05″S 62°36′25″W / 63.05139°S 62.60694°W |
Length | 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km; 1.0 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Hisarya Cove |
Status | unknown |
Letnitsa Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Летница, romanized: lednik Letnitsa, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈlɛtnit͡sɐ]) is a 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km; 1.0 mi) long glacier on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range east of Organa Peak and south of Riggs Peak. It is situated southwest of Gramada Glacier and northeast of Kremena Ice Piedmont, and flows southeastward into Hisarya Cove, Osmar Strait. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. The glacier is named after the town of Letnitsa in northern Bulgaria.