- Source: Fonfon Glacier
Fonfon Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Фонфон, romanized: lednik Fonfon, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik fonˈfɔn]) is the 4 km long and 2.3 km wide glacier on the east side of the main crest of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is situated north of Gerila Glacier and south of the head of Embree Glacier. The glacier drains the northeast slopes of the northern summit of Long Gables Peak and the southeast slopes of Mount Anderson, flows northeastwards and joins upper Ellen Glacier southeast of Eyer Peak.
The glacier is named after the Fonfon locality on Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria.
Location
Fonfon Glacier is centred at 78°11′00″S 86°01′50″W. US mapping in 1961 and 1988.
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.
References
Fonfon Glacier SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
Fonfon Glacier. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Fonfon Glacier
- Ellen Glacier
- Sentinel Range
- Gerila Glacier
- List of glaciers of Ellsworth Land
- Mount Anderson (Antarctica)
- Probuda Ridge
- Long Gables
- Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica (F)
- Norio Wakamoto
