Berkovitsa Glacier | |
Map: | South Shetland Islands#Antarctica |
Mark: | Blue_pog.svg |
Location: | Livingston Island |
Coordinates: | -62.5722°N -60.6875°W |
Length: | 4km (02miles) |
Thickness: | unknown |
Terminus: | Hero Bay |
Status: | unknown |
Berkovitsa Glacier (bg|ледник Берковица|lednik Berkovitsa, pronounced as /bg/) is a glacier on Livingston Island, Antarctica situated east of Etar Snowfield, south of Medven Glacier, west-northwest of Tundzha Glacier and north-northeast of Verila Glacier. It is bounded by the southeastern slopes of Oryahovo Heights and the northwestern slopes of Snow Peak. It extends 4 km in southeast-northwest direction and 2.8 km in northwest-southeast direction, and drains northeastwards into Hero Bay between Avitohol Point and Remetalk Point.
The glacier is named after the town of Berkovitsa in the western Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.
The glacier is centred at -62.5722°N -60.6875°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.