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Wulfila Glacier

Wulfila Glacier
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Wulfila Glacier
Map showing the location of Wulfila Glacier
Location of Wulfila Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Wulfila Glacier
Map showing the location of Wulfila Glacier
Wulfila Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationGreenwich Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°32′39″S 59°44′32″W / 62.54417°S 59.74222°W / -62.54417; -59.74222
Length1.6 nmi (3 km; 2 mi)
Width1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusMcFarlane Strait
Statusunknown
Wulfila Glacier (in the background) from near Ravda Peak, Livingston Island.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Wulfila Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Вулфила, romanizedlednik Vulfila, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ voɫˈfiɫɐ]) is located on the southern slopes of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, south-southwest of Solis Glacier and west of Zheravna Glacier. It is bounded by Oborishte Ridge to the northwest, Nevlya Peak to the north, Terter Peak and Razgrad Peak to the northeast, and Ephraim Bluff to the southeast. The glacier extends 3 km in northwest–southeast direction and 2 km in northeast–southwest direction. It drains southwestwards into McFarlane Strait between Ephraim Bluff and the base of Provadiya Hook, feeding the head of Doris Cove.

The feature is named after Bishop Wulfila (311-383 AD) of Nicopolis ad Istrum (the present Bulgarian settlement of Nikyup near Veliko Tarnovo) who created the Gothic alphabet, and laid the foundations of the Germanic literature.

Location

Wulfila Glacier is centred at 62°32′39″S 59°44′32″W / 62.54417°S 59.74222°W / -62.54417; -59.74222 (Bulgarian survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2005 and 2009).

See also

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References

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