Sirma Glacier Explained

Sirma Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Type:tributary
Location:Ellsworth Land
Coordinates:-78.7833°N -85.0778°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Nimitz Glacier
Status:unknown

Sirma Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Сирма|lednik Sirma, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdnik ˈsirmɐ/) is the long and wide glacier on the west side of Owen Ridge in southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, situated south of Bolgrad Glacier, and flowing west-southwestwards from Mount Southwick, Mount Milton and Mount Inderbitzen to leave the range and join Nimitz Glacier northwest of Modren Peak.

The glacier is named after the Bulgarian woman rebel leader Sirma Voyvoda (1773-1858).

Location

Sirma Glacier is centred at -78.7833°N -85.0778°W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

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