Muldava Glacier
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Muldava Glacier is the 4.4 km long and 3.2 km wide glacier on Magnier Peninsula
, Graham Coast
on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula
, situated west of Luke Glacier
and northeast of Nesla Glacier
. It drains the northwest slopes of Lisiya Ridge
north of Mount Perchot
, and flows northwards into Leroux Bay
.
The glacier is named after the settlement of Muldava in Southern Bulgaria.
Magnier Peninsula
Magnier Peninsula is the mostly ice-covered peninsula projecting 18 km in northwest direction from Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is 17 km wide between Leroux Bay to the northeast and Bigo Bay to the southwest...
, Graham Coast
Graham Coast
Graham Coast is the portion of the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctic Peninsula, extending 172 km between Cape Bellue to the southwest and Cape Renard to the northeast....
on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
, situated west of Luke Glacier
Luke Glacier
Luke Glacier is a glacier at least 15 nautical miles long, flowing northwest into the head of Leroux Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. The glacier was first sighted and roughly surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition . It was resurveyed in 1935-36 by the British Graham Land...
and northeast of Nesla Glacier
Nesla Glacier
Nesla Glacier is the 6.2 km long and 2 km wide glacier on Magnier Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated southwest of Muldava Glacier and north of Kolosh Glacier...
. It drains the northwest slopes of Lisiya Ridge
Lisiya Ridge
Lisiya Ridge is the ice-covered ridge at the base of Magnier Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, extending 16 km in northeast-southwest direction between the heads of Leroux Bay and Bigo Bay, and 11 km wide. Bounded by Comrie Glacier to the south and a...
north of Mount Perchot
Mount Perchot
Mount Perchot is a mountain, 2,040 m, surmounted by Lisiya Ridge, a prominent ridge extending in a general north-south direction, standing 4 nautical miles southeast of Magnier Peaks on Magnier Peninsula, Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica...
, and flows northwards into Leroux Bay
Leroux Bay
Leroux Bay is a bay 9 nautical miles long in a NW-SE direction and averaging 5 nautical miles wide, between Nunez Point and the narrow peninsula surmounted by Magnier Peaks, along the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Charcot for...
.
The glacier is named after the settlement of Muldava in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Muldava Glacier is centred at 65°42′10"S 64°12′10"W. British mapping in 1971.Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.