Zlatiya Glacier

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Zlatiya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Златия, ‘Lednik Zlatiya’ \'led-nik zla-'ti-ya\) is the 6.7 km long and 3 km wide glacier on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica situated north of Rush Glacier and west of upper Hippocrates Glacier. It drains west-southwestwards from Aluzore Gap, flows between Mount Sarnegor and Veles Bastion, and enters Dallmann Bay north of Sidell Spur and south of Fleming Point.

The glacier is named after the settlements of Zlatiya in Northwestern and Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Zlatiya Glacier is centred at 64°20′40″S 62°31′00″W / 64.34444°S 62.51667°W / -64.34444; -62.51667Coordinates: 64°20′40″S 62°31′00″W / 64.34444°S 62.51667°W / -64.34444; -62.51667. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

References

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

Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background.

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

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