Arapya Glacier

Arapya Glacier
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Location of Arapya Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	78°11′40″S 84°54′00″W / 78.19444°S 84.90000°W / -78.19444; -84.90000
Length	11.4 km (7.1 mi)
Width	5 km (3.1 mi)
Terminus	Ellen Glacier

Arapya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Арапя, romanized: lednik Arapya, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ɐrɐˈpʲa]) is the 11.4 kilometres (7.1 mi) long and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) 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 in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location[]

Arapya Glacier is centred at

78°11′40″S 84°54′00″W / 78.19444°S 84.90000°W / -78.19444; -84.90000Coordinates: 78°11′40″S 84°54′00″W / 78.19444°S 84.90000°W / -78.19444; -84.90000. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps[]

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References[]

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Arapya Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links[]

• Arapya Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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