Bravo Glacier
Bravo Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 2.1 km in northwest-southeast direction and 2.3 km in southwest-northeast direction and draining the south slopes of Dryanovo Heights to flow southeastwards into Shopski Cove.
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![]() Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
![]() ![]() Location of Bravo Glacier in Antarctica ![]() ![]() Bravo Glacier (Antarctica) | |
Location | Greenwich Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°30′20″S 59°49′20″W |
Length | 1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
Width | 1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Shopski Cove |
Status | unknown |
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Bravo Glacier from Half Moon Island, with Malamir Knoll in the background.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island
The feature was probably named after an officer in the Chilean ship Lientur that took part in the 1952-53 Chilean survey of Yankee Harbour.
Location
The glacier is centred at 62°30′20″S 59°49′20″W (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
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Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- 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
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