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Škorpil Glacier

Škorpil Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Шкорпил, ‘Lednik Škorpil’ \'led-nik 'shkor-pil) is the 12 km long and 10 km wide glacier on Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated northeast of Stefan Ice Piedmont and W of Solun Glacier. It drains the north slopes of Protector Heights, and flows northwards into Darbel Bay east of Madell Point.

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Map of %C5%A0korpil Glacier, Antarctica

The glacier is named after the Czech Bulgarian archeologist Karel Škorpil (1859–1944).

Location

Škorpil Glacier is centred at 66°37′50″S 66°16′00″W. British mapping in 1976.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

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    Škorpil Glacier Wikipedia
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