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Vicha Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Vicha Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The 27 km long and 6 km wide glacier in Gromshin Heights on the E side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains. Situated NE of Newcomer Glacier and SW of Yamen Glacier. Drains southwards along the E slopes of Mount Ulmer and Mount Ojakongas, then turns SE at Mount Washburn, flows E of Mount Cornwell and Mount Warren, and SW of Branishte Peak, and together with Newcomer Glacier joins Rutford Ice Stream S of Foros Spur. US mapping in 1961. Named after the ancient and medieval fortress of Vicha in Northeastern Bulgaria.
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