Ritya Glacier

Ritya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Ритя, romanized: lednik Ritya, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈritʲɐ]) is the steep 1.8 km long and 1.4 km wide glacier draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is situated northeast of Nosei Glacier, southeast of Kongur Glacier and south of Saparevo Glacier, flows southeastwards from Mount Christi and enters the head of Linevo Cove on Boyd Strait.

Ritya Glacier
Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Ritya Glacier in Antarctica Ritya Glacier (Antarctica)
Location	Smith Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	62°55′15″S 62°22′30″W
Length	1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi)
Width	0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Linevo Cove
Status	unknown

Topographic map of Smith Island

The glacier is named after the settlement of Ritya in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Ritya Glacier is centred at 62°55′15″S 62°22′30″W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps

• Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c. from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
• South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Ritya Glacier SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

External links

• Ritya Glacier. Copernix satellite image

Smith Island seen from southeast

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