Dimkov Glacier is a 6 km long and 4.3 km wide glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

 draining the western slopes of Solvay Mountains

Solvay Mountains

Solvay Mountains is a mountains, probably over 1,500 m, extending in an ENE-WSW direction in the south part of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache, and named by him for Ernest Solvay, a supporter of the expedition...

 on Brabant Island

Brabant Island

Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is located at . Brabant Island is long in a north-south direction, wide, and rises to in Mount Parry...

 in the Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago

Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....

, Antarctica. Flowing southwestwards to enter Duperré Bay

Duperre Bay

Duperre Bay is a bay 3 nautical miles long, lying immediately northeast of Hulot Peninsula at the southwest extremity of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Charcot, who named it for V. Admiral Charles Duperre, French Navy....

 south of Humann Point

Humann Point

Humann Point is a point forming the north side of the entrance to Duperre Bay on the west side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Charcot for Vice-Admiral Humann, French Navy....

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The glacier is named for the Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n theoretician and practitioner of traditional medicine

Traditional medicine

Traditional medicine comprises unscientific knowledge systems that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine...

 Petar Dimkov (1886-1981).

Location

Dimkov Glacier is located at 64°25′10"S 62°37′40"W. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.