Kashin Glacier

Kashin Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Къшин, romanized: lednik Kashin, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik kɐˈʃin]) is the 8 km long and 2.7 km wide glacier on Fallières Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated southwest of Perutz Glacier, north of Marvodol Glacier and east-southeast of Bader Glacier, flows northward between Shapkarev Buttress and Rudozem Heights, and flows into Bourgeois Fjord next southwest of Perutz Glacier.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Kashin in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Kashin Glacier is centred at 67°38′20″S 66°35′10″W / 67.63889°S 66.58611°W / -67.63889; -66.58611. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 67 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Kashin Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

External links

• Kashin Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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

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