Vidbol Glacier

Location of Danco Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Vidbol Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Видбол, ‘Lednik Vidbol’ \'led-nik 'vid-bol\) is the 5.5 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on Arctowski Peninsula on Danco Coast in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula draining the north slopes of Pulfrich Peak. Flowing northwestwards west of Henryk Peak and east of Mount Dedo to enter Gerlache Strait at Orne Harbour.

The glacier is named after Vidbol River in northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Vidbol Glacier is centred at 64°40′00″S 62°29′40″W / 64.66667°S 62.49444°W / -64.66667; -62.49444Coordinates: 64°40′00″S 62°29′40″W / 64.66667°S 62.49444°W / -64.66667; -62.49444. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Vidbol Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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

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