Rupite Glacier

Rupite Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Rupite Glacier  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 18471
Name ID: 136745

Feature type: Glacier (12)

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The 2.9 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the SE slopes of Imeon Range E of the summit Mount Foster and SE of Evlogi Peak. Flowing southeastward into Bransfield Strait. Bulgarian mapping in 2008 Named after the settlement Rupite and the nearby protected area in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 00' 04.0" S
-63.00111°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 30' 25.0" W
-62.50694°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

new feature (Ivanov, 15.9.08)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
4-Sep-2008

Related information

Biodiversity
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Place names
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