Yozola Glacier [SEP] continent
Yozola Glacier
Yozola Glacier (, ‘Lednik Yozola’ \'led-nik 'yo-zo-la\) is the 5 km long and 1.7 km wide glacier in the Sofia University Mountains situated in the northern portion of Alexander Island in Antarctica, and draining north-northwestwards between Mount Braun and Balan Ridge to flow into Palestrina Glacier.
The glacier is named after Yozola Lake in the Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.
Location.
Yozola Glacier is located at . British mapping in 1963.
Maps.
- British
, Nichols Snowfield to the southeast, and McManus Glacier to the west. The mountains comprise Mount Braun to the northwest, Balan Ridge to the north and Landers Peaks to the northeast, and the ridge of Mount Kliment Ohridski to the south. The former three mountains are divided by Yozola Glacier flowing northwards to join Palestrina Glacier, and the long, ice-filled Poste Valley respectively.
The name is of national culture and was given in commemoration of the centennial of Sofia University. During the first Bulgarian Antarctic campaign organized on