Yozola Glacier

Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Yozola Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Йозола, romanized: lednik Yozola, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈjɔzoɫa]) is the 5 km long and 1.7 km wide glacier in the Sofia University Mountains situated in the northern portion of Alexander Island in Antarctica, and draining north-northwestwards between Mount Braun and Balan Ridge to flow into Palestrina Glacier.

The glacier is named after in the Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.

Location[]

Yozola Glacier is located at 69°26′30″S 71°23′50″W / 69.44167°S 71.39722°W / -69.44167; -71.39722Coordinates: 69°26′30″S 71°23′50″W / 69.44167°S 71.39722°W / -69.44167; -71.39722. British mapping in 1963.

Maps[]

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3127. DOS 610 - W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References[]

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

External links[]

Yozola 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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