Zhenda Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Женда, romanized: lednik Zhenda, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ ˈʒɛndɐ]) is the 8 km long and 4.8 km wide glacier on the east side of the main crest of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is situated west of Sabazios Glacier and southeast of Skaklya Glacier. The glacier drains the northeast slopes of Mount Sharp and the east slopes of Mount Barden, flows northeastwards and together with Skaklya Glacier joins Sabazios Glacier west of Mount Lanning in Sostra Heights.
Zhenda Glacier | |
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![]() Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica. | |
Location of Zhenda Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Sentinel Range Ellsworth Land |
Coordinates | 77°53′00″S 86°00′00″W / 77.88333°S 86.00000°W |
Length | 4.3 nmi (8 km; 5 mi) |
Width | 2.6 nmi (5 km; 3 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Status | unknown |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Northern-Sentinel-Map.jpg/275px-Northern-Sentinel-Map.jpg)
The glacier is named after the settlement of Zhenda in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
editZhenda Glacier is centred at 77°53′00″S 86°00′00″W / 77.88333°S 86.00000°W. US mapping in 1961.
See also
editMaps
edit- Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
References
editExternal links
edit- Zhenda Glacier. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.