Grigorov Glacier

Grigorov Glacier
Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Location of Grigorov Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Palmer Archipelago
Coordinates	64°09′05″S 62°07′30″W
Length	1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Width	0.7 nmi (1 km; 1 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Hill Bay
Status	unknown

Grigorov Glacier (Bulgarian: Григоров ледник, romanized: Grigorov lednik, IPA: [ɡriˈɡɔrof ˈlɛdnik]) is a glacier 1.8 km long and 1.3 km wide on the south side of Stavertsi Ridge on Albena Peninsula, Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It drains the east slopes of Mount Cabeza and flows southeastwards to enter Hill Bay west of Kostur Point.^[1]

The glacier is named after the Bulgarian scientist Stamen Grigorov (1878–1945) who discovered the bacteria Lactobacillus bulgaricus used in the production of yoghurt.^[1]

Location

Brabant Island from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background.

Grigorov Glacier is located at 64°09′05″S 62°07′30″W. British mapping in 1980.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps

• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
• Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

Notes

1. Grigorov Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Grigorov Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

External links

• Grigorov Glacier. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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