Obelya Glacier
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| Obelya Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Location of Ellsworth Mountains in Western Antarctica | |
  Location of Obelya Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Type | tributary |
| Location | Ellsworth Land |
| Coordinates | 78°37′00″S 84°23′00″W / 78.61667°S 84.38333°W |
| 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 |
Obelya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Обеля, romanized: lednik Obelya, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik oˈbɛʎɐ]) 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.
Obelya Glacier is centred at 78°37′00″S 84°23′00″W / 78.61667°S 84.38333°W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.
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