Mozgovitsa Glacier

Mozgovitsa Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Мозговица, romanized: lednik Mozgovitsa, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈmɔzɡovit͡sɐ]) is the 10 km long in southeast-northwest direction and 2.5 km wide glacier on the northwest side of Rouen Mountains in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. It is situated north-northwest of Frachat Glacier and north-northeast of Russian Gap. The glacier drains the north slopes of Pimpirev Peak, flows northwestwards between Senouque Spurs, leaves Rouen Mountains and joins Bongrain Ice Piedmont. The vicinity was visited on 6 and 7 January 1988, by the geological survey team of Christo Pimpirev and Borislav Kamenov (First Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition), and Philip Nell and Peter Marquis (British Antarctic Survey).

Location of Alexander Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region

Satellite image of Alexander Island

The feature is named after Mozgovitsa River in Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location

Mozgovitsa Glacier is centered at 69°04′10″S 71°07′40″W.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. 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

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Mozgovitsa Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links

• Mozgovitsa Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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