Kopsis_Glacier Knowpia

Kopsis Glacier
Kopsis Glacier
	Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
	Location of Kopsis Glacier in Antarctica
Type	tributary
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	78°03′20″S 85°16′00″W / 78.05556°S 85.26667°W
Length	7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Width	2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Embree Glacier
Status	unknown

Kopsis Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Копсис, romanized: lednik Kopsis, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈkɔpsis]) is a 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) wide glacier on the east side of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica that is draining northeastwards from Panicheri Gap, Voysil Peak and Mount Gozur to join Embree Glacier northwest of Mirovyane Peak.^[1]

The glacier is named after the medieval town of Kopsis in Central Bulgaria.^[1]^[2]

Location edit

Kopsis Glacier is centred at 78°03′20″S 85°16′00″W / 78.05556°S 85.26667°W / -78.05556; -85.26667. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

Kopsis Glacier SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)