Yamen Glacier

Yamen Glacier
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Location of Yamen Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Gromshin Heights Sentinel Range Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	77°38′20″S 85°31′00″W
Length	5.4 nmi (10 km; 6 mi)
Width	2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Status	unknown

Map of northern Sentinel Range.

Yamen Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Ямен, romanized: lednik Yamen, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈjamɛn]) is the 10 km long and 4 km wide glacier in Gromshin Heights on the east side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is situated northeast of Vicha Glacier. The glacier drains northeastwards along the north slopes of Branishte Peak and joins Rutford Ice Stream.

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

Location

Yamen Glacier is centred at 77°38′20″S 85°31′00″W. US mapping in 1961.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps

• Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References

• Yamen Glacier SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer Antarctic Place-names Commission (Bulgarian)
• Basic data (English)

External links

• Yamen Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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