Marla Glacier

Marla Glacier (64°00′30″S 58°53′00″W) is a glacier 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) long and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) wide on the northeast side of Detroit Plateau on the southern Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica.^[1]

Marla Glacier
Location of Marla Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Trinity Peninsula
Coordinates	64°00′30″S 58°53′00″W
Length	8 nmi (15 km; 9 mi)
Width	1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Terminus	Prince Gustav Channel

Location

Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Marla Glacier in east of south coast

Marla Glacier is in Graham Land on the southeast coast of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.^[2][3] It is situated south of Aitkenhead Glacier and north of Diplock Glacier. It drains southeastwards along the east slopes of Povien Peak, then turns east between Mount Roberts and Bezenšek Spur, and flows into Prince Gustav Channel in Weddell Sea.^[1]

Name

Marla Glacier glacier is named after Marla River in Northern Bulgaria.^[1]

Nearby features

Simpson Nunatak

63°58′S 58°54′W. A nunatak, 1,165 metres (3,822 ft) high, rising 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) northwest of Mount Roberts, on the south margin of Aitkenhead Glacier. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Hugh W. Simpson of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), a member of the Detroit Plateau reconnaissance party from Hope Bay in 1957.^[4]

Povien Peak

63°58′56″S 58°58′12″W. An ice-covered peak rising to 1,455 metres (4,774 ft)^[5] high in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau. Situated between the upper courses of Marla and Diplock Glaciers, 9.48 kilometres (5.89 mi) southwest of Mancho Buttress and, 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) west-northwest of Mount Roberts. Bezenšek Spur projects east-southeastwards from the peak. Named after the settlement of Povien in Southern Bulgaria.^[6]

Bezenšek Spur

64°01′15″S 58°52′00″W. A 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) long and 665 metres (2,182 ft)^[7] high wide rocky ridge rising to 900 metres (3,000 ft) high in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau. It projects from the southeast side of Povien Peak eastwards between Marla Glacier and Diplock Glacier. Named after the Slovene-Bulgarian linguist Anton Bezenšek (1854-1915) who developed the stenographic system for the Bulgarian language.^[8]