Vicha Glacier (, ) is the 27 km long and 6 km wide glacier in Gromshin Heights on the east side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is situated northeast of Newcomer Glacier and southwest of Yamen Glacier. The glacier drains southwards along the east slopes of Mount Ulmer and Mount Ojakangas, then turns southeast at Mount Washburn, flows east of Mount Cornwell and Mount Warren, and southwest of Branishte Peak, and together with Newcomer Glacier joins Rutford Ice Stream south of Foros Spur.
The glacier is named after the ancient and medieval fortress of Vicha in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Vicha Glacier is centred at . US mapping in 1961.
See also
List of glaciers in the Antarctic
Glaciology
Maps
Newcomer Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1961. Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Notes
References
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer Antarctic Place-names Commission (Bulgarian) Basic data (English)