Altimir Glacier (, ) is a long and wide glacier draining the north slopes of the Osterrieth Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It flows northwards to enter Dalchev Cove in Fournier Bay east of Studena Point.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Altimir in northwestern Bulgaria.

Altimir Glacier

Location

Altimir Glacier is located at . It was mapped by the British Directorate of Overseas Surveys in 1980.

Altimir Glacier

See also

List of glaciers in the Antarctic

Glaciology

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

Altimir Glacier

References

Bibliography

Altimir Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

Altimir Glacier. Copernix satellite image

Glaciers of the Palmer Archipelago

Bulgaria and the Antarctic

Geography of Anvers Island