Pleystor Glacier
Location of Liège Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Map showing the location of Pleystor Glacier
Map showing the location of Pleystor Glacier
Location of Pleystor in Antarctica
LocationPalmer Archipelago
Coordinates64°03′18″S 62°00′35″W / 64.05500°S 62.00972°W / -64.05500; -62.00972
Length1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Width0.6 nmi (1 km; 1 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusVapa Cove
Statusunknown

Pleystor Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Плейстор, romanized: lednik Pleystor, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈplɛjstor]) is the 2.2 km long and 1.2 km wide glacier on the west side of Brugmann Mountains on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is situated south-southwest of Zbelsurd Glacier, draining the south slopes of Mishev Bluff, the southwest slopes of Pavlov Peak and the northwest slopes of Mount Vesalius, and flowing west-northwestwards into Vapa Cove.

The glacier is named after the Thracian god Pleystor.

Location

Pleystor Glacier is centred at 64°03′18″S 62°00′35″W / 64.05500°S 62.00972°W / -64.05500; -62.00972. British mapping in 1978 and 1980.

See also

Maps

References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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