Palilula Glacier

Palilula Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Палилула, romanized: lednik Palilula, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik pɐˈliɫoɫɐ]) is the 4 km long and 1.1 km wide steep valley glacier on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, situated south of Ralitsa Glacier, southwest of Paré Glacier and northwest of Gorichane Glacier. It drains the southwest slopes of Mount Rokitansky in Stribog Mountains, and flows south-southwestwards into Lanusse Bay east of Driencourt Point and northwest of Baykal Point.

Palilula Glacier
Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Location of Palilula in Antarctica
LocationPalmer Archipelago
Coordinates64°11′10″S 62°28′30″W
Length2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Width0.5 nmi (1 km; 1 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusLanusse Bay
Statusunknown

The glacier is named after the settlement of Palilula in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Palilula Glacier is centred at 64°11′10″S 62°28′30″W. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

See also

Maps

References

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

Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background.



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