Grigorov Glacier is the 1.8 km long and 1.3 km wide glacier on the south coast of Albena Peninsula

Albena Peninsula

Albena Peninsula is a peninsula extending 13 km in east-west direction and 9 km wide at its base, forming the east extremity of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Bounded by the terminus of Lister Glacier to the north, and Hill Bay to the south...

 on Brabant Island

Brabant Island

Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is located at . Brabant Island is long in a north-south direction, wide, and rises to in Mount Parry...

 in the Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....

, Antarctica draining the east slopes of Mount Cabeza

Mount Cabeza

Mount Cabeza is a mountain on the southeast side of Pare Glacier, southwest of Hales Peak, in the northeast portion of Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago. The name Monte Cabeza was used on a 1957 Argentine hydrographic chart....

 and flowing southeastwards to enter Hill Bay

Hill Bay

Hill Bay is a bay, 5 nautical miles long and 2 nautical miles wide, which indents eastern Anvers Island between Spallanzani Point and Mitchell Point. The bay was roughly surveyed by the Admiralty Hydrographic Unit, 1951-52. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Leonard C...

 west of Kostur Point

Kostur Point

Kostur Point is the point on the east coast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica projecting 1.4 km southwards into Hill Bay.The point is named after the settlement of Kostur in southeastern Bulgaria.-Location:...

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The glacier is named after the Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n scientist Stamen Grigorov

Stamen Grigorov

Stamen Grigorov was a prominent Bulgarian physician and microbilogist.Stamen Grigorov was born in the village of Studen Izvor , Tran Region, Bulgaria. He completed his secondary education in natural sciences in Montpellier, France and medical science in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1905, at the age of...

 (1878-1945) who discovered the bacteria

Bacteria

Bacteria are a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals...

 Lactobacillus bulgaricus

Lactobacillus bulgaricus

Lactobacillus delbrueckii subspecies bulgaricus is one of several bacteria used for the production of yogurt. It is also found in other naturally fermented products...

used in the production of yoghurt

Yoghurt

Yoghurt, yogurt or yogourt is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yoghurt are known as "yoghurt cultures"...

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Location

Grigorov Glacier is located at 64°09′05"S 62°07′30"W. British mapping in 1980.

Map

• 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. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.