Sikera Valley
| Sikera Valley | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 78 ° 30 ′ S , 84 ° 13 ′ W | |
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| length | 17 km | |
The Sikera Valley (English; Bulgarian долина Сикера dolnia Sikera ) is a 17 km long, 5.7 km wide and icy valley in the Ellsworth Mountains of the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . On the east side of the Sentinel Range , it lies between the Doyran Heights and the Flowers Hills . A 4 km long glacier flows northeast from Mount Havener and flows south of the Kostinbrod Pass into the upper section of the valley. The ice masses in the valley flow in a south-westerly direction to the Rutford ice stream .
American scientists mapped it in 1988. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2012 after the Sikera fortress in southeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Sikera Valley in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)