Chuchuliga Glacier

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Chuchuliga Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Чучулига, ‘Lednik Chuchuliga’ \'led-nik chu-chu-'li-ga\) 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.

The feature is named after the settlement of Chuchuliga in southern Bulgaria.

Location

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

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References

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


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