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Glacier in Antarctica

Medven Glacier
Location of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Location	Livingston Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	62°32′50″S 60°42′50″W / 62.54722°S 60.71389°W / -62.54722; -60.71389
Length	1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km; 1.5 mi)
Width	0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Prisoe Cove
Status	unknown

Medven Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Медвен, romanized: lednik Medven, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈmɛdvɛn]) is a 2.5 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of Etar Snowfield, south of Urdoviza Glacier and north of Berkovitsa Glacier. It is bounded by the east slopes of Oryahovo Heights and drains eastwards into Prisoe Cove, Hero Bay between Remetalk Point and Agüero Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Medven in the eastern Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location

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

Types

Anatomy

Processes

Measurements

Volcanic relations

Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Nunatak P-form Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Suncup Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glaciofluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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