Aleksiev Glacier
| Aleksiev Glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Detroit plateau | |
| length | 10.5 km | |
| width | Max. 3 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 38 ′ S , 60 ° 32 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Desislava Cove | |
The Aleksiew Glacier ( Bulgarian Алексиев ледник Aleksiew Lednik ) is a 10.5 km long and 3 km wide glacier on the Nordenskjöld Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . From the southeastern slopes of the Detroit Plateau, it flows north of the Kladorub Glacier and south of the glacier, which contains the Arrol Icefall , in an east-southeast direction to Desislava Cove .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the Bulgarian artist and writer Rajko Aleksiew (1893–1944).
Web links
- Aleksiev Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)