Bolgrad Glacier is the 7.4 km long and 5.7 km wide glacier on the west side of southern Sentinel Range

Sentinel Range

The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km wide...

 in Ellsworth Mountains

Ellsworth Mountains

The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage...

, Antarctica, situated south of Brook Glacier

Brook Glacier

Brook Glacier is a glacier flowing westward between Mount Strybing, Mount Allen and Krusha Peak into Bender Glacier in the southern Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Edward J. Brook, Professor of Geosciences,...

 and north of Sirma Glacier

Sirma Glacier

Sirma Glacier is the 7 km long and 4 km wide glacier on the west side of southern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated south of Bolgrad Glacier, and flowing west-southwestwards from Mount Southwick, Mount Milton and Mount Inderbitzen to join Nimitz Glacier.The glacier is...

. It drains west-southwestwards from Mount Allen

Mount Allen (Antarctica)

Mount Allen is a mountain located 5.2 mi southeast of Mount Craddock in the southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The peak surmounts Saltzman Glacier to the north, Kornicker Glacier to the southeast, Bolgrad Glacier to the southwest and Brook Glacier to the west. It was...

, Mount Liptak

Mount Liptak

Mount Liptak is a mountain over 3,000 m with twin summits, located 7 nautical miles southeast of Mount Craddock in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It surmounts Bolgrad Glacier to the west and Kornicker Glacier to the east....

 and Mount Southwick

Mount Southwick

Mount Southwick is a mountain near the south end of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, located 9 nautical miles south-southeast of Mount Craddock...

, and flows south of Krusha Peak

Krusha Peak

Krusha Peak is the peak rising to 2800 m in southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, surmounting Bolgrad Glacier to the southeast and Brook Glacier to the northwest....

 to join Bender Glacier

Bender Glacier

Bender Glacier is a glacier flowing from Mount Atkinson and Mount Craddock southwards between Chaplin Peak and Krusha Peak into Nimitz Glacier in the southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica...

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The glacier is named after the Bulgarian High School of Bolgrad

Bolhrad High School

The Georgi Sava Rakovski Bolhrad High School ; , Bolgradskaya gimnaziya imeni G. S. Rakovskogo is a gymnasium in Bolhrad, Odessa Oblast, southwestern Ukraine...

, a major Bulgarian education centre in Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 established in 1858.

Location

Bolgrad Glacier is centred at 78°44′00"S 85°08′00"W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.