Drama Glacier

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

Drama Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Драма, ‘Lednik Drama’ \'led-nik 'dra-ma\) is the 10 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier 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.

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

Location

Drama Glacier is centred at 78°43′30″S 84°16′00″W / 78.72500°S 84.26667°W / -78.72500; -84.26667Coordinates: 78°43′30″S 84°16′00″W / 78.72500°S 84.26667°W / -78.72500; -84.26667. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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

References

• 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.