Obelya Glacier is the 7.5 km long and 2.5 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, situated south of Remington Glacier

Remington Glacier

Remington Glacier is a steep glacier about 7 nautical miles long in the southeast part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It rises just north of McPherson Peak and flows east-southeast to debouch between the terminus of Hough Glacier and Johnson Spur.Discovered by U.S...

, and flowing southeastwards along the southwest side of Johnson Spur

Johnson Spur

Johnson Spur is a rocky spur located 5.67 miles south-southeast of Taylor Spur and 8.65 miles north-northwest of Long Peak, forming the southeast extremity of Doyran Heights, Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Overlooking Rutford Ice Stream to the east and Obelya Glacier to the...

 and east of Mount Benson

Mount Benson (Antarctica)

Mount Benson is a mountain standing at the northeast side of Thomas Glacier and west of Obelya Glacier, 4.6 mi east of Mount Osborne, in Doyran Heights, southeastern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1957-59. It was named...

 to join Thomas Glacier

Thomas Glacier

Thomas Glacier is a roughly Z-shaped glacier which drains the southeast slopes of Vinson Massif and flows for 17 nautical miles through the south part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, leaving the range south of Johnson Spur. Discovered by U.S...

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The glacier is named after the settlement of Obelya in Western Bulgaria, now part of the city of Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

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Location

Obelya Glacier is centred at 78°37′00"S 84°23′00"W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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