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Obelya Glacier
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Location of Ellsworth Mountains in Western Antarctica
Map showing the location of Obelya Glacier
Map showing the location of Obelya Glacier
Location in Antarctica
Type tributary
Location Ellsworth Land
Coordinates 78°37′00″S 84°23′00″W / 78.61667°S 84.38333°W / -78.61667; -84.38333
Length 4.6 nautical miles (8.5 km; 5.3 mi)
Width 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Thomas Glacier
Status unknown
Vinson-Map
Sentinel Range map.

Obelya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Обеля, romanizedlednik Obelya) is the 4.6 nautical miles (8.5 km; 5.3 mi) long and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) wide glacier on the east side of southern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated south of Remington Glacier, and flowing southeastwards along the southwest side of Johnson Spur and east of Mount Benson to join Thomas Glacier.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Obelya in Western Bulgaria, now part of the city of Sofia.

Location

Obelya Glacier is centred at 78°37′00″S 84°23′00″W / 78.61667°S 84.38333°W / -78.61667; -84.38333. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

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