Roché glacier
| Roché glacier | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| length | 5.8 km | |
| width | Max. 2 km | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 32 '10 " S , 85 ° 38' 30" W | |
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| drainage | Branscomb Glacier | |
The Roché Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Роше lednik Rosche ) is a 5.8 km long and 2 km wide glacier in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains it flows from the center of the Vinson Plateau, it flows steeply in a westerly direction to the Branscomb Glacier , which it reaches north of Silverstein Peak . Its head end is bounded by Mount Vinson in the north, Corbet Peak and Clinch Peak in the east, Wahlstrom Peak in the southeast and Hollister Peak in the south.
American scientists mapped it in 1988. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after Anthony de la Roché (≤1674 – ≥1675), the discoverer of South Georgia .
Web links
- Roché Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)