Sirma Glacier is the 7 km long and 4 km wide glacier on the west 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 Bolgrad Glacier

Bolgrad Glacier

Bolgrad Glacier is the 7.4 km long and 5.7 km wide glacier on the west side of southern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated south of Brook Glacier and north of Sirma Glacier...

, and flowing west-southwestwards from Mount Southwick

Mount Southwick

Mount Southwick is a mountain near the south end of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, located 9 nautical miles south-southeast of Mount Craddock...

, Mount Milton

Mount Milton

Mount Milton is a mountain located 11 nautical miles south-southeast of Mount Craddock and 1.5 nautical miles southeast of Mount Southwick, in the south part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica...

 and Mount Inderbitzen

Mount Inderbitzen

Mount Inderbitzen is a mountain rising to over 2,600 m, located 12 mi south-southeast of Mount Craddock and 1.5 mi south of Mount Milton in the southern part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It surmounts Wessbecher Glacier to the southeast and Sirma Glacier to the...

 to join Nimitz Glacier

Nimitz Glacier

The Nimitz Glacier is an Antarctic glacier, 64 km long and 8 km wide, draining the area about 16 km west of the Vinson Massif and flowing southeast between the Sentinel Range and Bastien Range to enter Minnesota Glacier, in the central Ellsworth Mountains.Discovered by USN...

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The glacier is named after the Bulgarian woman rebel

Rebellion

Rebellion, uprising or insurrection, is a refusal of obedience or order. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors aimed at destroying or replacing an established authority such as a government or a head of state...

 leader Sirma Voyvoda (1773-1858).

Location

Sirma Glacier is centred at 78°47′00"S 85°04′40"W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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