Obelya Glacier | |
Map: | Antarctica |
Mark: | Blue_pog.svg |
Type: | tributary |
Location: | Ellsworth Land |
Coordinates: | -78.6167°N -84.3833°W |
Thickness: | unknown |
Terminus: | Thomas Glacier |
Status: | unknown |
Obelya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Обеля|lednik Obelya, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdnik oˈbɛʎɐ/) is the long and wide glacier on the east side of southern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated south of Remington Glacier, and flowing southeastwards along the southwest side of Johnson Spur and east of Mount Benson to join Thomas Glacier.
The glacier is named after the settlement of Obelya in Western Bulgaria, now part of the city of Sofia.
Obelya Glacier is centred at -78.6167°N -84.3833°W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.