Macheret Trench
Macheret Trench
Main page
649952

Macheret Trench

logo
Community Hub0 subscribers
What are your thoughts?
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Macheret Trench

Macheret Trench (Bulgarian: падина Мачерет, ‘Padina Macheret’ \pa-'di-na ma-che-'ret\) is the narrow, elongated subglacial valley reaching a maximum depth of 120 m below sea level beneath upper Perunika Glacier on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. From its deepest section at 62°36'38.0"S by 60°15'55.0"W, situated north of Rezen Knoll, the feature extends below sea level 3.8 km in southeast direction to near Wörner Gap.

The feature is named after the Russian glaciologist Yuriy Macheret, leader of the Russian-Spanish-Uzbekistan ice cap radio sounding project that discovered the trench in 2006.

Macheret Trench is centred at 62°37′20″S 60°14′50″W / 62.62222°S 60.24722°W / -62.62222; -60.24722. Russian-Spanish-Uzbekistan mapping in 2009.


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

See all
User Avatar
No comments yet.