Chuchuliga Glacier

65°21′30″S 62°55′30″W / 65.35833°S 62.92500°W / -65.35833; -62.92500Length7 nmi (13 km; 8 mi)Width6 nmi (11 km; 7 mi)ThicknessunknownTerminusCrane GlacierStatusunknown

Chuchuliga Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Чучулига, romanized: lednik Chuchuliga, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik t͡ʃot͡ʃoˈliɡɐ]) is the 14 km long and 12 km wide glacier on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica situated southwest of Dzhebel Glacier, northeast of Stob Glacier and south-southeast of Archer Glacier. It is draining from the slopes of Bruce Plateau, and flowing south-southeastwards to join Crane Glacier.^[1]

The feature is named after the settlement of Chuchuliga in southern Bulgaria.^[1]

Location

Chuchuliga Glacier is located at 65°21′30″S 62°55′30″W / 65.35833°S 62.92500°W / -65.35833; -62.92500. British mapping in 1974.

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.

Notes

References

• Chuchuliga Glacier SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer Antarctic Place-names Commission (Bulgarian)
• Basic data (English)

External links

• Chuchuliga Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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