Marla Glacier

Marla Glacier
Location of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Marla in Antarctica
Location	Trinity Peninsula
Coordinates	63°00′30″S 58°53′00″W / 63.00833°S 58.88333°W / -63.00833; -58.88333
Length	8 nmi (15 km; 9 mi)
Width	1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Prince Gustav Channel
Status	unknown

Marla Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Марла, ‘Lednik Marla’ \'led-nik 'mar-la\) is a glacier 8 nmi (15 km; 9 mi) long and 1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) wide on the northeast side of Detroit Plateau on the southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated south of Aitkenhead Glacier and north of Diplock Glacier. It is draining southeastwards along the east slopes of Povien Peak, then turning east between Mount Roberts and Bezenšek Spur, and flowing into Prince Gustav Channel in Weddell Sea.

The glacier is named after Marla River in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Marla Glacier is centred at 64°00′30″S 58°53′00″W / 64.00833°S 58.88333°W / -64.00833; -58.88333Coordinates: 64°00′30″S 58°53′00″W / 64.00833°S 58.88333°W / -64.00833; -58.88333.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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

External links

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