Marvodol Glacier

Location of Fallières Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Marvodol Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Мърводол, romanized: lednik Marvodol, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik mɐrvoˈdɔɫ]) is the 9.3 km long and 3.7 km wide glacier on Fallières Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is situated south of Kashin Glacier, north of Forbes Glacier and east-southeast of Bucher Glacier, flows southwards between Shapkarev Buttress and Rudozem Heights, turns west at , and flows into Dogs Leg Fjord.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Marvodol in Western Bulgaria.

Location[]

Marvodol Glacier is centred at 67°43′00″S 66°37′00″W / 67.71667°S 66.61667°W / -67.71667; -66.61667Coordinates: 67°43′00″S 66°37′00″W / 67.71667°S 66.61667°W / -67.71667; -66.61667. British mapping in 1978.

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 67 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.

References[]

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

External links[]

• Marvodol Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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

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