Vetrino Glacier

Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Topographic map of Smith Island.

Vetrino Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Ветрино, ‘Lednik Vetrino’ \'led-nik 've-tri-no\) is a 3.2 km long glacier on the northwest side of Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated northeast of Yablanitsa Glacier, southwest of Dalgopol Glacier and northwest of Ovech Glacier, drains the northwest slopes of Imeon Range north of Drinov Peak, northwest of Kostenets Saddle and west of Mount Pisgah, and flows northwestwards into Drake Passage both northeast and south of Gregory Point. The glacier is named after the town of Vetrino in northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

The glacier is centred at 62°56′06″S 62°30′00″W / 62.93500°S 62.50000°W / -62.93500; -62.50000Coordinates: 62°56′06″S 62°30′00″W / 62.93500°S 62.50000°W / -62.93500; -62.50000 (Bulgarian early mapping in 2009).

Maps

L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Vetrino Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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