Paspal Glacier

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Paspal Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Паспал, ‘Lednik Paspal’ \'led-nik 'pas-pal\) is the 14.5 km long and 6.5 km wide glacier on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica situated southeast of Montgolfier Glacier and west of Hektoria Glacier. Draining from the southeast slopes of Forbidden Plateau and flowing southeastwards between Zagreus Ridge and Dugerjav Peak to join Green Glacier.

The feature is named after the settlement of Paspal in southern Bulgaria.

Location

Paspal Glacier is centred at 64°53′50″S 61°59′10″W / 64.89722°S 61.98611°W / -64.89722; -61.98611Coordinates: 64°53′50″S 61°59′10″W / 64.89722°S 61.98611°W / -64.89722; -61.98611. British mapping in 1974.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Paspal Glacier. 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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