Desudava Glacier () is the long and wide glacier on

Nordenskjöld Coast The Nordenskjöld Coast (64° 30' S 60° 30' W) is located on the Antarctic Peninsula, more specifically Graham Land, which is the top region of the Peninsula. The Peninsula is a thin, long ice sheet with an Alpine-style mountain chain. The coast ...

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 ...

, Antarctica situated south of

Dinsmoor Glacier Dinsmoor Glacier () is a glacier in the Nordenskjöld Coast of Antarctica, named for inventor Charles Dinsmoor. It flows east from the Detroit Plateau, and merges with the Edgeworth Glacier near Mount Elliott before draining into Mundraga Bay. ...

and east-northeast of Boryana Glacier.

Location

Desudava Glacier is on the

of the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...

. It is southeast of the

Detroit Plateau Detroit Plateau () is a major interior plateau of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula, with heights between . Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of Russell West Glacier, from which it extends some in a general southwest direction ...

and north of the

Weddell Sea The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula. The easternmost point is Cape Norvegia at Princess Martha ...

. It is drains the northeast slopes of Gusla Peak and adjacent slopes of

further north, the south slopes of Ivats Peak and the west slopes of Mount Elliott, and flows southwards into

Mundraga Bay Mundraga Bay ( bg, залив Мундрага, zaliv Mundraga, ) is the 28.6 km wide bay indenting for 23 km Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is entered east of Fothergill Point and west of Cape Sobral. Local coastli ...

next east of Boryana Glacier.
Copernix satellite image

Name

Desudava Glacier is named after the ancient

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town of Desudava in southwestern

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Features

Features and nearby features include:

Ivats Peak

. A peak rising to high in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau. Situated at the west extremity of a rocky ridge linked to Mount Elliott, south-southeast of

Kavlak Peak Kavlak Peak ( bg, връх Кавлак, vrah Kavlak, ) is the peak rising to 1160 m boyar A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the Feudalism, feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria, Russian nobility, Russia, Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia, Wallachia and ...

and warrior

Ivats Ivats ( bg, Ивац) or Ibatzes was a Bulgarian nobleHistory of the Byzantine Empire from DCCXVI to MLVII, George Finlay, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, , p. 385. and military commander in the late 10th and early 11th century. He served three Bulgari ...

Gusla Peak

. A peak rising to high in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau. Situated at the north-northwest extremity of a narrow long rocky ridge, south-southwest of Kavlak Peak. Surmounting Desudava Glacier to the north and east, and Boryana Glacier to the south. Named after the settlement of Gusla in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Vedrare Nunatak

. A rocky peak rising to high in eastern Desudava Glacier. Situated southeast of Ivats Peak, southwest of Mount Elliott and north-northeast of Zgorigrad Nunatak. Named after the settlement of Vedrare in Southern Bulgaria.

Zgorigrad Nunatak

. A rocky peak rising to high in eastern Desudava Glacier. Situated east-southeast of Gusla Peak, south-southwest of Vedrare Nunatak and north-northeast of Storgozia Nunatak. Named after the settlement of Zgorigrad in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Storgozia Nunatak

. A rocky hill rising to high in eastern Desudava Glacier. Situated east of Rice Bastion, southeast of Gusla Peak, and south-southwest of Zgorigrad Nunatak. Named after the ancient town of Storgozia in Northern Bulgaria.

Rice Bastion

. A substantial mountain mass surmounted by a small crown of exposed rock which appears slightly higher than the plateau behind it, projecting from the edge of Detroit Plateau, southwest of Mount Elliott. Mapped from surveys by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...

(FIDS) (1960-61). Named by the

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(UK-APC) for Lee Rice, FIDS surveyor at

Hope Bay Hope Bay (Spanish: ''Bahía Esperanza'') on Trinity Peninsula, is long and wide, indenting the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound. It is the site of the Argentinian Antarctic settlement Esperanza Base, established i ...

(1957-58), who worked in this area.

Boryana Glacier

, An long and wide glacier situated west-southwest of Desudava Glacier and northeast of Darvari Glacier. It drains the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, flowing between Rice Bastion and Gusla Peak, and turning southwards to enter Mundraga Bay between Desudava Glacier and Darvari Glacier. Named after the settlement of Boryana in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Darvari Glacier

. A long in NW-SE direction and wide glacier situated southwest of Boryana Glacier and northeast of

Zaychar Glacier Zaychar Glacier ( bg, ледник Зайчар, lednik Zaychar, ) is the 7.5 km long and 2.7 km wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It drains the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, flowing east-southeastw ...

. It drains the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, flowing between Rice Bastion and

Grivitsa Ridge Grivitsa Ridge ( bg, Гривишки хребет, ‘Grivishki Hrebet’ \'gri-vish-ki 'hre-bet\) is the mostly ice-free ridge extending 6.4 km in northwest-southeast direction, 3 km wide and rising to 1027 m at its northwest extremity ...

, and entering Mundraga Bay north of

Fothergill Point Fothergill Point is a low rocky coastal point northeast of Cape Worsley, forming the west side of the entrance to Mundraga Bay and the northeast side of the entrance to Odrin Bay on the Nordenskjöld Coast, on the east side of Graham Land, Antarct ...

. Named after the settlement of Darvari in Northern Bulgaria.

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