Malorad Glacier

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Malorad Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Малорад, ‘Lednik Malorad’ \'led-nik 'ma-lo-rad\) is the 14 km long and 10.5 km wide glacier on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated north of Russell West Glacier, and bounded by Marescot Ridge to the northeast, Louis-Philippe Plateau to the southeast, Srednogorie Heights to the south and Hanson Hill to the southwest. Draining northwestwards to enter Bransfield Strait east of Cape Roquemaurel and west of Thanaron Point.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Malorad in northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Malorad Glacier is located at 63°34′00″S 58°43′00″W / 63.56667°S 58.71667°W / -63.56667; -58.71667Coordinates: 63°34′00″S 58°43′00″W / 63.56667°S 58.71667°W / -63.56667; -58.71667. German-British mapping in 1996.

Map

Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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