Arapya Glacier is the 11.4 km long and 5 km wide glacier on the east side of north-central Sentinel Range

Sentinel Range

The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km wide...

 in Ellsworth Mountains

Ellsworth Mountains

The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage...

, Antarctica, situated south of Young Glacier

Young Glacier

Young Glacier is a glacier which flows east for 8 miles and terminates at the north end of Barnes Ridge on the east side of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on...

. It flows southwards along the west side of Barnes Ridge

Barnes Ridge

Barnes Ridge is a ridge rising to over and long, extending between Young Glacier and Ellen Glacier at the east side of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. Bounded by Rutford Ice Stream to the east and Arapya Glacier to the west....

 and east of Chapman Peak

Chapman Peak (Antarctica)

Chapman Peak is a peak, high, in the Maglenik Heights, on the east side of Ellen Glacier and west of Arapya Glacier, northeast of Mount Jumper in the central Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It was first mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S...

, and joins Ellen Glacier

Ellen Glacier

The Ellen Glacier is an Antarctic glacier in central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, draining the eastern slopes of Mount Anderson and Long Gables and flowing generally SE for 35 km to Barnes Ridge, where it leaves the range and enters the south flowing Rutford Ice Stream.First mapped by...

 southwest of Mount Besch

Mount Besch

Mount Besch is a mountain forming the south end of Barnes Ridge and overlooking the terminus of Ellen Glacier, on the east side of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. It was named by the...

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The glacier is named after the seaside locality of Arapya in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Arapya Glacier is centred at 78°11′40"S 84°54′00"W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.