Iliev Glacier ( bg, Илиев ледник, Iliev lednik, ) is the 5 km long and 1.5 km wide
glacier
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located within the
Lassus Mountains, situated in the northern portion of
Alexander Island,
Antarctica
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. It drains the northwest slopes of
Mount Wilbye
Mount Wilbye () is the highest peak (about ) of the Lassus Mountains in the north part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It is situated 10.24 km north by west of Mount Devol. The mountain was first mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne A ...
, the east slopes of
Vittoria Buttress
Vittoria Buttress () is a conspicuous rock cliff, rising to about 750 m, overlooking the southeast side of Lazarev Bay and forming the northwest extremity of the Lassus Mountains in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. The feature was first mappe ...
and the west slopes of
Galerius Peak
Galerius Peak ( bg, връх Галерий, vrah Galeriy, ) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1259 m[Lazarev Bay
Lazarev Bay is a rectangular bay, long and wide, which separates Alexander Island from Rothschild Island and is bounded on the south side by the Wilkins Ice Shelf, which joins the east portion of Rothschild Island and the west portion of Alexande ...]
just south of the
terminus of
Palestrina Glacier.
The glacier is named after the Bulgarian
composer
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Etymology and Defi ...
Diko Iliev
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(1898-1984).
Location
Iliev Glacier is located at .
See also
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List of glaciers in the Antarctic
There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice. Th ...
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Lennon Glacier
Lennon Glacier () is a glacier flowing southwest into the outer part of Lazarev Bay, in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1975–76, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committe ...
*
Palestrina Glacier
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Rosselin Glacier
The Rosselin Glacier () is a glacier flowing southwest from the southern extremity of the Rouen Mountains into Palestrina Glacier in the northern portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The glacier was first surveyed by the British Antarctic S ...
*
Glaciology
Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice.
Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, climato ...
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). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
Iliev Glacier.SCAR
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Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
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.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission
The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.
The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic datain English)
External links
Iliev Glacier.Copernix satellite image
Glaciers of Alexander Island
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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