Drama Glacier

Drama Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Драма, romanized: lednik Drama, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ ˈdramɐ]) is the 10 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier in Petvar Heights on the east side of southern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, which is situated north of Carey Glacier and Gabare Glacier, east of the east-northeast ridge of Mount Landolt, and south of Razboyna Glacier. It is draining east-northeastwards to join Rutford Ice Stream northeast of Long Peak.

Drama Glacier
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Location of Drama Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	78°43′30″S 84°16′00″W / 78.72500°S 84.26667°W / -78.72500; -84.26667
Length	5.4 nautical miles (10.0 km; 6.2 mi)
Width	0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Rutford Ice Stream
Status	unknown

Sentinel Range map.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Drama in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location edit

Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Drama Glacier SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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