Drama Glacier is the 10 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on the east 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, which is situated north of Carey Glacier

Carey Glacier

Carey Glacier is a glacier on the east side of Miller Peak in the south end of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, flowing southeast to Minnesota Glacier. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–59, and named by the Advisory...

, east of the east-northeast ridge of Mount Landolt

Mount Landolt

Mount Landolt is a mountain standing at the head of Hudman Glacier in Petvar Heights at the southeast extremity of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on...

, and southeast of Kornicker Glacier

Kornicker Glacier

Kornicker Glacier is a glacier flowing northeastwards from the cirque bounded by Mounts Liptak, Southwick, Milton and Mullen in southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The glacier merges with the terminus of southeast-flowing Thomas Glacier as both glaciers emerge from the...

. It is draining east-northeastwards to join Rutford Ice Stream

Rutford Ice Stream

Rutford Ice Stream is a major Antarctic ice stream, about 180 miles long and over 15 miles wide, which drains southeastward between the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains and Fletcher Ice Rise into the southwest part of Ronne Ice Shelf...

 northeast of Long Peak

Long Peak

Long Peak is a bare rock peak on the extended ridge line, 7 nautical miles east-northeast of Mount Landolt in Petvar Heights, southeast Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is surmounting the lower course of Drama Glacier to the north. Mapped by United States Geological Survey ...

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The glacier is named after the settlement of Drama in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Drama Glacier is centred at 78°43′30"S 84°16′00"W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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