Obelya Glacier

Obelya Glacier
Location of Ellsworth Mountains in Western Antarctica
Location of Obelya Glacier in Antarctica
Type	tributary
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	78°37′00″S 84°23′00″W / 78.61667°S 84.38333°W / -78.61667; -84.38333
Length	4.6 nautical miles (8.5 km; 5.3 mi)
Width	1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Thomas Glacier
Status	unknown

Obelya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Обеля, romanized: lednik Obelya, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik oˈbɛʎɐ]) is the 4.6 nautical miles (8.5 km; 5.3 mi) long and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) wide glacier on the east side of southern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated south of Remington Glacier, and flowing southeastwards along the southwest side of Johnson Spur and east of Mount Benson to join Thomas Glacier.

The glacier is named after the settlement of in Western Bulgaria, now part of the city of Sofia.

Location[]

Obelya Glacier is centred at

78°37′00″S 84°23′00″W / 78.61667°S 84.38333°W / -78.61667; -84.38333Coordinates: 78°37′00″S 84°23′00″W / 78.61667°S 84.38333°W / -78.61667; -84.38333. 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)
• Obelya Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links[]

• Obelya Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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