Arapya Glacier
Arapya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Арапя, ‘Lednik Arapya’ \'led-nik a-ra-'pya\) is the 11.4 km long and 5 km wide glacier on the east side of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated south of Young Glacier. It flows southwards along the west side of Barnes Ridge and east of Chapman Peak, and joins Ellen Glacier southwest of Mount Besch.
The glacier is named after the seaside locality of Arapya in Southeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Arapya Glacier is centred at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.
Maps
- Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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