Iliev Glacier
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Iliev Glacier is the 5 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier
in Lassus Mountains
on Alexander Island
, Antarctica draining the northwestern slopes of Mount Wilbye
to flow into Lazarev Bay
north of Vittoria Buttress
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The glacier is named after the Bulgarian composer
Diko Iliev (1898-1984).
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
in Lassus Mountains
Lassus Mountains
Lassus Mountains are mountains, 15 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, rising to 2,100 m and extending south from Palestrina Glacier in the northwest part of Alexander Island. First seen in 1821 by the Russian expedition under Bellingshausen...
on Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
, Antarctica draining the northwestern slopes of Mount Wilbye
Mount Wilbye
Mount Wilbye is the highest peak of Lassus Mountains in the north part of Alexander Island. Mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960...
to flow into Lazarev Bay
Lazarev Bay
Lazarev Bay is a rectangular bay, 15 nautical miles long and 13 nautical miles wide, between Alexander Island and Rothschild Island and bounded on the south by ice shelf joining the two islands. The north coast of Alexander Island was first seen from a great distance by the Russian expedition of...
north of Vittoria Buttress
Vittoria Buttress
Vittoria Buttress is a conspicuous rock cliff, 750 m, overlooking the southeast side of Lazarev Bay and forming the northwest extremity of the Lassus Mountains in northern Alexander Island. Mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland...
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The glacier is named after the Bulgarian composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Diko Iliev (1898-1984).
Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3127. DOS 610 - W 69 70. Tolworth, UK, 1971.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.