Pulpudeva Glacier

Pulpudeva Glacier
Pulpudeva Glacier
	Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
	Location of Pulpudeva Glacier in Antarctica
Type	tributary
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	78°21′00″S 85°12′30″W
Length	4.6 nautical miles (8.5 km; 5.3 mi)
Width	3.2 nautical miles (5.9 km; 3.7 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Ellen Glacier
Status	unknown

Pulpudeva Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Пулпудева, romanized: lednik Pulpudeva, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik poɫpoˈdɛvɐ]) is the 4.6 nautical miles (8.5 km; 5.3 mi) long and 3.2 nautical miles (5.9 km; 3.7 mi) wide glacier in Sullivan Heights, Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is draining the area northeast of Nebeska Peak, north of Johnson Col and northwest of Mount Farrell, flowing northwards west of Mount Levack, and (together with Crosswell and Patton Glaciers) joining Ellen Glacier northwest of Mamarchev Peak and southeast of Mount Jumper.

Sentinel Range map

The glacier is named after the ancient Thracian town of Pulpudeva in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Pulpudeva Glacier is centred at 78°21′00″S 85°12′30″W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

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.

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

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