Rupite Glacier | |
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Location of Rupite Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Smith Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 63°00′05″S 62°31′00″W / 63.00139°S 62.51667°W |
Length | 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Osmar Strait |
Status | unknown |
Rupite Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Рупите, romanized: lednik Rupite, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈrupitɛ]; 63°00′05″S 62°31′00″W / 63.00139°S 62.51667°W) is a 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range east of the summit Mount Foster and southeast of Evlogi Peak. It is situated southeast of Chuprene Glacier, southwest of Pashuk Glacier and northeast of Landreth Glacier, and flows southeastward into Osmar Strait. Bulgarian early mapping in 2008. The glacier is named after the settlement Rupite and the nearby protected area in southwestern Bulgaria.