Pirogov Glacier is a 5 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier situated south of Djerassi Glacier

Djerassi Glacier

Djerassi Glacier is a 6 km long and 7 km wide glacier situated southwest of Paré Glacier, northwest of Malpighi Glacier and north of Pirogov Glacier on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica...

 and west of Mackenzie Glacier

Mackenzie Glacier

Mackenzie Glacier is a glacier 4 nautical miles long flowing eastward from Mount Parry to join Malpighi Glacier at the east coast of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys...

 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 southwest slopes of Mount Parry

Mount Parry

Mount Parry is a mountain which rises eastward of Minot Point and dominates the central portion of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The feature appears to have been named by Captain Henry Foster, Royal Navy, of the Chanticleer expedition in 1829 and since has gained international usage....

 and flowing westwards to enter Dallmann Bay

Dallmann Bay

Dallmann Bay is a bay lying between Brabant Island and Anvers Island, connected to Gerlache Strait by Schollaert Channel, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered and first roughly charted in 1874 by the German whaler Captain Eduard Dallmann. Named for Dallmann by the Society for Polar Navigation,...

 south of Minot Point

Minot Point

Minot Point is a rock point midway along the west coast of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. The point lies 3 nautical miles west of the summit of Mount Parry. Mapped from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd., 1956-57. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee ...

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The glacier is named for the Russian

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 scientist and surgeon Nikolay Pirogov (1810-1881) who developed modern health care

Health care

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 in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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 during the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War.

Location

Pirogov Glacier is located at 64°16′40"S 62°28′30"W. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

• 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.