Pleystor Glacier | |
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Location of Pleystor in Antarctica | |
Location | Palmer Archipelago |
Coordinates | 64°03′18″S 62°00′35″W / 64.05500°S 62.00972°W |
Length | 1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
Width | 0.6 nmi (1 km; 1 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Vapa Cove |
Status | unknown |
Pleystor Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Плейстор, romanized: lednik Pleystor, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈplɛjstor]) is the 2.2 km long and 1.2 km wide glacier on the west side of Brugmann Mountains on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is situated south-southwest of Zbelsurd Glacier, draining the south slopes of Mishev Bluff, the southwest slopes of Pavlov Peak and the northwest slopes of Mount Vesalius, and flowing west-northwestwards into Vapa Cove.
The glacier is named after the Thracian god Pleystor.