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Orcho Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Orcho Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The 2 km long and 1.9 km wide glacier on the E side of Ravelin Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands situated N of Treskavets Glacier and SSW of Banari Glacier. Flows eastwards and enters the Southern Ocean N of Gesha Point. British mapping in 1972 and 2009. Named after the Bulgarian rebel leader Orcho Voyvoda (1829-1911).
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