Zaychar Glacier (, ) is the 7.5 km long and 2.7 km wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It drains the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, flowing east-southeastwards between Grivitsa Ridge and Kableshkov Ridge, and entering Odrin Bay in Weddell Sea 5 km northwest of Fothergill Point.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Zaychar in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Zaychar Glacier

Location

Zaychar Glacier is centred at . British mapping in 1978.

Zaychar Glacier

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Zaychar Glacier

References

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

External links

Zaychar Glacier. Copernix satellite image

Glaciers of Nordenskjöld Coast

Bulgaria and the Antarctic