Delyo Glacier (, ) is the 8 km long and 2.7 km wide glacier on the east side of the main crest of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is situated northwest of Rumyana Glacier and south of Burdenis Glacier. The glacier drains the north slopes of Mount Giovinetto and the east slopes of Mount Viets, flows northeastwards and together with Burdenis Glacier and Gerila Glacier joins upper Ellen Glacier north of Bruguière Peak.

The glacier is named after the Bulgarian rebel leader Delyo Voyvoda (17–18th century).

Delyo Glacier

Location

Delyo Glacier is centred at . US mapping in 1961 and 1988.

Delyo Glacier

See also

List of glaciers in the Antarctic

Glaciology

Maps

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.

Delyo Glacier

References

Delyo Glacier SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

Delyo Glacier. Copernix satellite image

Glaciers of Ellsworth Land

Bulgaria and the Antarctic