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24-753: Russell West Glacier flows west into the northwest shore of the western end of the Trinity Peninsula , which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . Its mouth is in Bone Bay on the Bransfield Strait , northeast of Charcot Bay , east of the Orléans Strait , south of Astrolabe Island and southwest of Lafond Bay . It is bounded to the southwest by the Gavin Ice Piedmont. The head of the glacier

48-852: A north–south direction. Named after the settlement of Kondofrey in Western Bulgaria. 63°51′S 58°22′W  /  63.850°S 58.367°W  / -63.850; -58.367 . A promontory, 90 metres (300 ft) high, at the south side of the mouth of Victory Glacier. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1945, and named for K.A.J. Pitt, master of the Fitzroy , who assisted in establishing FIDS bases in 1944-45. 63°51′30″S 58°26′00″W  /  63.85833°S 58.43333°W  / -63.85833; -58.43333 . A 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) wide cove indenting for 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi)

72-470: A party of four that, despite gales and snow, found a route across the northern Antarctic Peninsula via what is now called Russell East Glacier . In July and August 1946 Russel reached the west coast via what is now called Russell West Glacier. Russell West Glacier is in the moist climatic region of the west coast of Trinity Peninsula. In this area rime ice is deposited in huge masses on the northwest faces of nunataks, and these occasionally break off and join

96-468: Is a gently sloping glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) long, flowing east-southeast from the north end of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula to Prince Gustav Channel immediately north of Pitt Point . It is bounded by Trakiya Heights to the north and Kondofrey Heights to the south. Victory Glacier is in Graham Land on the southeast coast of the Trinity Peninsula , which forms

120-606: Is between Allen Knoll and Sirius Knoll. At its mouth it passes Wimple Dome to the north. Russell West Glacier was first surveyed in 1946 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Victor Ian Russell, surveyor and leader of the FIDS base at Hope Bay in 1946. Russell was head of the Hope Bay station in 1946 and 1947. In April 1946 Russell led

144-477: Is horseshoe-shaped, jutting out to Russell West Glacier to the north, with its southern approach from Victory Glacier narrowing to 500 metres (1,600 ft). Named after the settlement of Zlidol in Northwestern Bulgaria. 63°43′28″S 58°42′03″W  /  63.72444°S 58.70083°W  / -63.72444; -58.70083 An ice-covered hill rising to 938 metres (3,077 ft). Situated in

168-409: The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Keith Allen, FIDS radio operator at Hope Bay in 1959 and 1960. 63°43′S 58°36′W  /  63.717°S 58.600°W  / -63.717; -58.600 . Conspicuous ice-covered knoll, 1,010 metres (3,310 ft) high, marking the northeast end of Detroit Plateau in

192-399: The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who gave this descriptive name. Trinity Peninsula Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula . It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the south-east coast. Prime Head is

216-559: The American diplomat Eugene Schuyler (1840-1890) who investigated the crushing of the Bulgarian Uprising of 1876 and co-authored the draft decisions of the subsequent 1876 Constantinople Conference . 63°44′30″S 58°38′29″W  /  63.74167°S 58.64139°W  / -63.74167; -58.64139 . An ice-covered peak rising to 1,110 metres (3,640 ft) high in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau. Situated on

240-453: The Corporation of Trinity House , Britain's historical maritime pilotage authority, although the precise application by him has not been identified with certainty and is a matter of different interpretation by Antarctic historians. On 16 November 1820, nearly a year after the peninsula's discovery by Bransfield, American explorer Nathaniel Palmer and his crew become the first to land on

264-475: The central part of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1946 by the FIDS and named after Sirius , the dog star. 63°44′10″S 58°37′40″W  /  63.73611°S 58.62778°W  / -63.73611; -58.62778 . A saddle of elevation over 800 metres (2,600 ft) high on Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula separating the Detroit Plateau to the west from Trakiya Heights to the east. The feature

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288-445: The glacier ice below the nunatak. In the late 1950s an ice block measuring 20 metres (66 ft) by 4 by 4 metres (13 by 13 ft) was found below a ridge on Mount Canicula that faces northwest. (Mount Canicula stands on the divide separating Russell East Glacier and Russell West Glacier.) The velocity of the glacier measured at its maximum ice thickness increased by 73% between 1993 and 2014. Download coordinates as: Features of

312-422: The glacier include: 63°41′00″S 58°30′30″W  /  63.68333°S 58.50833°W  / -63.68333; -58.50833 . A flat ice-covered saddle of elevation over 801 metres (2,628 ft), part of the ice divide between Bransfield Strait and Prince Gustav Channel . Extending 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) between Louis Philippe Plateau to the north and Mount Canicula and Trakiya Heights to

336-1008: The north and Victory Glacier to the SE. Named after the settlement of Lepitsa in Northern Bulgaria. 63°46′08″S 58°40′26″W  /  63.76889°S 58.67389°W  / -63.76889; -58.67389 . A partly ice-free bluff rising to 882 metres (2,894 ft). Situated in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau, 3.56 kilometres (2.21 mi) south of Mount Schuyler, 4.88 kilometres (3.03 mi) southwest of Antonov Peak and 6.83 kilometres (4.24 mi) west of Bozveli Peak in Trakiya Heights, and 6.89 kilometres (4.28 mi) northwest of Bezbog Peak and 7.08 kilometres (4.40 mi) north-northwest of Gurgulyat Peak in Kondofrey Heights, and 11.52 kilometres (7.16 mi) east-northeast of Bendida Peak. Surmounting Victory Glacier to

360-526: The north foothills of Detroit Plateau, 1.63 kilometres (1.01 mi) north-northwest of Mount Schuyler, 4.07 kilometres (2.53 mi) east of Zlatolist Hill, and 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) west-southwest of Sirius Knoll. Surmounting Russell West Glacier to the north. Named after the settlement of Chelopech in Western Bulgaria. 63°43′32″S 58°47′00″W  /  63.72556°S 58.78333°W  / -63.72556; -58.78333 An ice-covered hill rising to 924 metres (3,031 ft). Situated in

384-625: The north foothills of Detroit Plateau, 5.03 kilometres (3.13 mi) west-northwest of Mount Schuyler, 7.09 kilometres (4.41 mi) northeast of Aureole Hills, 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) east of Tinsel Dome. Surmounting Russell West Glacier to the north. Named after the settlement of Zlatolist in Southwestern Bulgaria. 63°44′S 58°55′W  /  63.733°S 58.917°W  / -63.733; -58.917 . Small ice-covered hill, 700 metres (2,300 ft) high, standing between Aureole Hills and Bone Bay. Charted in 1948 by

408-405: The northeast extremity of Detroit Plateau . Situated 2.28 kilometres (1.42 mi) south-southwest of Sirius Knoll , 4.45 kilometres (2.77 mi) west of Antonov Peak , 9.35 kilometres (5.81 mi) west by north of Mount Daimler and 12.75 kilometres (7.92 mi) north-northwest of Mount Reece . Surmounting Russell West Glacier to the north and Victory Glacier to the south. Named after

432-635: The northernmost point of this peninsula. Some 20 kilometers southeast of Prime Head is Hope Bay with the year-round Argentinian Esperanza Base . It was first sighted on 30 January 1820 by Edward Bransfield , Master, Royal Navy , immediately after his charting of the newly discovered South Shetland Islands nearby. In the century following the peninsula's discovery, chartmakers used various names (Trinity Land, Palmer Land, and Land of Louis Philippe) for this portion of it, each name having some historical merit. The recommended name derives from "Trinity Land", given by Bransfield during 1820 in likely recognition of

456-416: The peninsula. 63°37′S 058°20′W  /  63.617°S 58.333°W  / -63.617; -58.333 This Trinity Peninsula , Antarctica, location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Victory Glacier Victory Glacier ( 63°49′S 58°25′W  /  63.817°S 58.417°W  / -63.817; -58.417  ( Victory Glacier ) )

480-433: The south. Overlooking Russell West Glacier to the west and Russell East Glacier to the southeast. Named after the settlement of Verdikal in Western Bulgaria. 63°40′S 58°35′W  /  63.667°S 58.583°W  / -63.667; -58.583 . A steep-sided snow dome rising from a flat snowfield 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of the head of Russell West Glacier. Mapped from surveys by

504-458: The southeast. Named after Skoparnik Peak on Vitosha Mountain in Western Bulgaria. 63°50′00″S 58°34′00″W  /  63.83333°S 58.56667°W  / -63.83333; -58.56667 . Heights rising to 1,119 metres (3,671 ft) high. Situated east of Detroit Plateau, south of Victory Glacier and west of Prince Gustav Channel . Extending 9.2 kilometres (5.7 mi) in an east–west direction and 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) in

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528-470: The tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . The north end of the Detroit Plateau rises above the head of the glacier. It flows east and terminates in Prince Gustav Channel . It is southwest of Russell East Glacier and northeast of Aitkenhead Glacier . Nearby features include Mount Daimler to the north, Mount Reece to the south and Pitt Point at the south end of the glacier's mouth. Victory Glacier

552-488: The west side of Zlidol Gate , 2.19 kilometres (1.36 mi) east-southeast of Mount Schuyler, 2.88 kilometres (1.79 mi) south-southeast of Sirius Knoll, 1.49 kilometres (0.93 mi) west-southwest of Belgun Peak and 5.75 kilometres (3.57 mi) northwest of Bozveli Peak in Trakiya Heights , and 3.42 kilometres (2.13 mi) north-northeast of Skoparnik Bluff. Surmounting the head of Russell West Glacier to

576-554: Was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named because the glacier was sighted in the week following the surrender of Japan in World War II , in August 1945. Download coordinates as: Nearby features include, from northwest to southeast: 63°44′14″S 58°41′05″W  /  63.73722°S 58.68472°W  / -63.73722; -58.68472 . A peak rising to 1,475 metres (4,839 ft) high off

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