Kopsis Glacier
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Map showing the location of Kopsis Glacier
Map showing the location of Kopsis Glacier
Location of Kopsis Glacier in Antarctica
Typetributary
LocationEllsworth Land
Coordinates78°03′20″S 85°16′00″W / 78.05556°S 85.26667°W / -78.05556; -85.26667
Length7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Width2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusEmbree Glacier
Statusunknown
Sentinel Range map.

Kopsis Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Копсис, romanized: lednik Kopsis, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈkɔpsis]) is a 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) wide glacier on the east side of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica that is draining northeastwards from Panicheri Gap, Voysil Peak and Mount Gozur to join Embree Glacier northwest of Mirovyane Peak.[1]

The glacier is named after the medieval town of Kopsis in Central Bulgaria.[1][2]

Location

Kopsis Glacier is centred at 78°03′20″S 85°16′00″W / 78.05556°S 85.26667°W / -78.05556; -85.26667. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

See also

Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "SCAR composite antarctic gazetteer".
  2. "Bulgarian antarctic gazetteer".

References

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


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