Akaga Glacier

Akaga Glacier
Location of Nordenskjöld on the Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Akaga Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Graham Land
Coordinates	64°33′50″S 60°27′40″W / 64.56389°S 60.46111°W / -64.56389; -60.46111
Length	3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi)
Width	1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Weddell Sea
Status	unknown

Akaga Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Акага, romanized: lednik Akaga, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ɐˈkaɡɐ]) is the 5.7 km long and 2.2 km wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land situated south of Sinion Glacier and north of the glacier featuring Arrol Icefall. It drains the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, flows east-southeastwards and enters Odrin Bay in Weddell Sea. The feature is named after the Bulgar woman ruler Akaga (6th century).

Location[]

Akaga Glacier is located at

64°33′50″S 60°27′40″W / 64.56389°S 60.46111°W / -64.56389; -60.46111Coordinates: 64°33′50″S 60°27′40″W / 64.56389°S 60.46111°W / -64.56389; -60.46111. British mapping in 1978.

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps[]

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

External links[]

• Akaga Glacier SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer Antarctic Place-names Commission (Bulgarian)
• Basic data (English)

External links[]

• Akaga Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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