Ralitsa Glacier

Ralitsa Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Ралица, romanized: lednik Ralitsa, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈralit͡sɐ]) is the 5.5 km long and 3.5 km wide glacier on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, situated south of Oshane Glacier, southwest of Lister Glacier, northwest of the head of Paré Glacier and north of Palilula Glacier. It drains the northwest slopes of Mount Rokitansky in Stribog Mountains, and flows northwestwards into Guyou Bay.

Ralitsa Glacier
Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Location of Ralitsa in Antarctica
Location	Palmer Archipelago
Coordinates	64°07′10″S 62°29′20″W
Length	3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi)
Width	2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Guyou Bay
Status	unknown

The glacier is named after the settlements of Ralitsa in Northeastern and Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Ralitsa Glacier is centred at 64°07′10″S 62°29′20″W. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
• Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

References

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

External links

• Ralitsa Glacier. Copernix satellite image

Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background.

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