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Kaliakra Glacier

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Kaliakra Glacier lies on northeastern Livingston Island in Antarctica South Shetland Islands, extending 3.8 nautical miles east to west and 4.3 nautical miles north to south. It sits southeast of Saedinenie Snowfield, southwest of Panega Glacier, north of Struma and upper Huron Glaciers, and northeast of Perunika Glacier, bounded by Melnik and Bowles Ridges to the south and Miziya and Samuel Peaks to the north, and drains eastward into Moon Bay. Bulgarian explorers Lyubomir Ivanov and Doychin Vasilev first crossed it on December 24, 2004, and it takes its name from Kaliakra, a cape on Bulgaria Black Sea coast, given by the Bulgarian Antarctic Place-names Commission around 1995. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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International Treaty Protected Area 1
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Kaliakra Glacier
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1. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Secretariat of the Antarctic TreatyArticle 2
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It designates Antarctica as a “natural reserve, devoted to peace and science” (Art. 2).
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Kaliakra Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Kaliakra Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Калиакра, romanized: lednik Kaliakra, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik kɐliˈakrɐ]) is a glacier in northeastern Livingston Island, Antarctica extending 3.8 nautical miles (7.0 km; 4.4 mi) in east-west direction and 4.3 nautical miles (8.0 km; 4.9 mi) in north-south direction, and situated southeast of Saedinenie Snowfield, southwest of Panega Glacier, north of Struma Glacier and upper Huron Glacier, and northeast of Perunika Glacier.
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Wikidata: Kaliakra Glacier
Wikidata Q6352486, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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