Rogosh Glacier ( bg, ледник Рогош, lednik Rogosh, ) is the 29 km long and 5 km wide glacier on
Oscar II Coast
Oscar II Coast is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Fairweather to the north, and Cape Alexander to the south. Discovered in 1893 by Captain C.A. Larsen, who named it for King Oscar II of Norway and Sweden. ...
,
Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and ...
in
Antarctica
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situated east of
Brenitsa Glacier, south of
Drygalski Glacier, and southwest of
Zlokuchene Glacier
Zlokuchene Glacier ( bg, ледник Злокучене, lednik Zlokuchene, ) is the 13 km long and 3.5 km wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica situated north of Risimina Glacier, east of Rogosh Glacier and sou ...
and
Risimina Glacier
Risimina Glacier ( bg, ледник Рисимина, lednik Risimina, ) is the 10 km long and 4.5 km wide glacier in Lovech Heights on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica situated south of Zlokuchene Glacier and north of the ...
. Draining southwards from
between
Lovech Heights
Lovech Heights ( bg, Ловешки възвишения, ‘Loveshki Vazvisheniya’ \'lo-vesh-ki v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya\) are the heights rising to 1634 m ( Mount Moriya) on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. They are extending 15.5  ...
and
Ivanili Heights, and turning eastwards north of
Skilly Peak. At the ridge forming
Cape Fairweather Cape Fairweather is a cape in Antarctica that is high and is ice-covered except for rocky exposures along its southeast and east sides. It lies midway between Drygalski Glacier and Evans Glacier on the east coast of Graham Land and divides Norden ...
the glacier branches to flow into
Artanes Bay to the south, and into
Weddell Sea
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west of
Pedersen Nunatak
Pedersen Nunatak () is the westernmost of the Seal Nunataks, lying 8 nautical miles (15 km) northeast of Cape Fairweather, off the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. First charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
The Br ...
to the east.
The feature is named after the settlement of
Rogosh
Rogosh ( bg, Рогош) is a village in southern Bulgaria, located in Maritsa Municipality, Plovdiv Province. As of 15th of June 2020, the village has a population count of 3109 people.
Geography
The village is located in the Upper Thracian Pl ...
in southern
Bulgaria
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.
Location
Rogosh Glacier is centred at .
British
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
mapping in 1974.
Maps
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
References
Rogosh Glacier.SCAR
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Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
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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
Rogosh Glacier.Copernix satellite image
Glaciers of Oscar II Coast
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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