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Agalina Glacier

Coordinates: 64°26′20″S 61°26′00″W / 64.43889°S 61.43333°W / -64.43889; -61.43333
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Agalina Glacier
Location of Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula on Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Agalina Glacier
Map showing the location of Agalina Glacier
Location of Agalina Glacier in Antarctica
Typelow gradient
LocationDanco Coast
Coordinates64°26′20″S 61°26′00″W / 64.43889°S 61.43333°W / -64.43889; -61.43333
Length4.8 km (3.0 mi)
Width2.9 km (1.8 mi)
TerminusGraham Passage

Agalina Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Агалина, romanizedLednik Agalina \'led-nik a-ga-'li-na\) is a 4.8 km (3.0 mi) long and 2.9 km (1.8 mi) wide glacier on Pefaur (Ventimiglia) Peninsula, Danco Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated east of Poduene Glacier and west of Krapets Glacier. It drains northwards, and flows into both Graham Passage and the west arm of Salvesen Cove.

The glacier is named after Agalina Point on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

Location

Agalina Glacier is centred at 64°26′20″S 61°26′00″W / 64.43889°S 61.43333°W / -64.43889; -61.43333. British mapping in 1978.

See also

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), 1993–2016.

References


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