Anchialus Glacier

Anchialus Glacier
Anchialus Glacier
	Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
	Location of Anchialus Glacier in Antarctica
Type	tributary
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	77°51′50″S 85°24′30″W
Length	5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi)
Width	2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Sentinel Range
Status	unknown

Anchialus Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Анхиало, romanized: lednik Anchialo, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik anxiˈaɫo]) is the 8.5 km long and 3.4 km wide glacier in Sostra Heights on the east side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is situated north of lower Embree Glacier, east of Sabazios Glacier, south of lower Newcomer Glacier and northwest of Vit Ice Piedmont. The glacier drains the northeast slopes of Mount Malone and the west slopes of Bracken Peak, flows northwards and joins Newcomer Glacier east of Mount Lanning.

Map of northern Sentinel Range.

The glacier is named after the ancient town of Anchialus in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Anchialus Glacier is centred at 77°51′50″S 85°24′30″W. US mapping in 1961.

Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961.
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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