Marla Glacier

Marla Glacier
Location of Trinity Peninsula.

Marla Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Марла, ‘Lednik Marla’ \'led-nik 'mar-la\) is the 14 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on the northeast side of Detroit Plateau on southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated south of Aitkenhead Glacier and north of Diplock Glacier. It is draining southeastwards along the east slopes of Povien Peak, then turning east between Mount Roberts and Bezenšek Spur, and flowing into Prince Gustav Channel in Weddell Sea.

The glacier is named after Marla River in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Marla Glacier is centred at 64°00′30″S 58°53′00″W / 64.00833°S 58.8833333°W / -64.00833; -58.8833333.

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References

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