Pirogov Glacier Explained

Pirogov Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Palmer Archipelago
Coordinates:-64.2778°N -62.475°W
Length:3nmi
Width:1nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Dallmann Bay
Status:unknown

Pirogov Glacier (Bulgarian: Пирогов ледник|Pirogov lednik, in Bulgarian pronounced as /piroˈɡɔf ˈlɛdnik/) is a 5 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier situated south of Djerassi Glacier, west of the head of Mackenzie Glacier and northwest of Balanstra Glacier on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It drains the south-southwest slopes of Mount Parry and flows westwards to enter Dallmann Bay south of Minot Point.

The glacier is named for the Russian scientist and surgeon Nikolay Pirogov (1810-1881) who developed modern health care in Bulgaria during the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War.

Location

Pirogov Glacier is centred at -64.2778°N -62.475°W. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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