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Glacier in the South Shetland Islands

Orcho Glacier
Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Location	Clarence Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	61°12′00″S 54°04′40″W / 61.20000°S 54.07778°W / -61.20000; -54.07778
Length	1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km; 1.3 mi)
Width	1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Gesha Point
Status	unknown

Orcho Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Орчо, romanized: lednik Orcho, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈɔrt͡ʃo]) is 1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km; 1.3 mi) long and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) wide glacier on the east side of Ravelin Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated north of Treskavets Glacier and south-southwest of Banari Glacier. It flows eastwards and enters the Southern Ocean north of Gesha Point.

The glacier is named after the Bulgarian rebel leader Orcho Voyvoda (1829-1911).

Location

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

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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