Drama Glacier facts for kids
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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
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| Location | Ellsworth Land |
| Coordinates | 78°43′30″S 84°16′00″W / 78.72500°S 84.26667°W |
| Length | 5.4 nautical miles (10.0 km; 6.2 mi) |
| Width | 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Rutford Ice Stream |
| Status | unknown |
Drama Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Драма, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ ˈdramɐ]) is the 10 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on the east side of southern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, which is situated north of Carey Glacier and Gabare Glacier, east of the east-northeast ridge of Mount Landolt, and south of Razboyna Glacier. It is draining east-northeastwards to join Rutford Ice Stream northeast of Long Peak.
The glacier is named after the settlement of Drama in Southeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Drama Glacier is centred at 78°43′30″S 84°16′00″W / 78.72500°S 84.26667°WCoordinates: 78°43′30″S 84°16′00″W / 78.72500°S 84.26667°W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.
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