Palilula Glacier Explained

Palilula Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Palmer Archipelago
Coordinates:-64.1861°N -62.475°W
Length:2nmi
Width:0.5nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Lanusse Bay
Status:unknown

Palilula Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Палилула|lednik Palilula, in Bulgarian pronounced as /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.

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

Location

Palilula Glacier is centred at -64.1861°N -62.475°W. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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