Yozola_Glacier

Yozola Glacier

Yozola Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

Yozola Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Йозола, romanized: lednik Yozola, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈjɔzoɫa]) is the 5 km long and 1.7 km wide glacier in the Sofia University Mountains situated in the northern portion of Alexander Island in Antarctica, and draining north-northwestwards between Mount Braun and Balan Ridge to flow into Palestrina Glacier.

Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

The glacier is named after Yozola Lake in the Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.

Location

Yozola Glacier is located at 69°26′30″S 71°23′50″W. British mapping in 1963.

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), 1993–2016.

References

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


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