Malorad Glacier

Malorad Glacier
Location of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Malorad Glacier
Location of Malorad in Antarctica
Location Trinity Peninsula
Coordinates 63°34′S 58°43′W / 63.567°S 58.717°W / -63.567; -58.717
Length 7 nmi (13 km; 8 mi)
Width 5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Bransfield Strait
Status unknown

Malorad Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Малорад, ‘Lednik Malorad’ \'led-nik 'ma-lo-rad\) is the 14 km long and 10.5 km wide glacier on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated north of Russell West Glacier, and bounded by Marescot Ridge to the northeast, Louis-Philippe Plateau to the southeast, Srednogorie Heights to the south and Hanson Hill to the southwest. Draining northwestwards to enter Bransfield Strait east of Cape Roquemaurel and west of Thanaron Point.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Malorad in northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Malorad Glacier is located at 63°34′00″S 58°43′00″W / 63.56667°S 58.71667°W / -63.56667; -58.71667Coordinates: 63°34′00″S 58°43′00″W / 63.56667°S 58.71667°W / -63.56667; -58.71667. German-British mapping in 1996.

See also

Maps

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

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