Dimkov Glacier Explained

Dimkov Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Palmer Archipelago
Coordinates:-64.4194°N -62.6278°W
Length:3nmi
Width:2nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Solvay Mountains
Status:unknown

Dimkov Glacier (Bulgarian: Димков ледник|Dimkov lednik, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈdimkof ˈlɛdnik/) is a 6 km long and 4.3 km wide glacier draining the western slopes of Solvay Mountains on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is situated southwest of Rush Glacier and west of Jenner Glacier, and flows southwestwards between Kondolov Peak and Sheynovo Peak to enter Duperré Bay south of Humann Point.

The glacier is named for the Bulgarian theoretician and practitioner of traditional medicine Petar Dimkov (1886-1981).

Location

Dimkov Glacier is centred at -64.4194°N -62.6278°W according to British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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