Kopsis Glacier is the 13 km long and 4 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 that is draining northeastwards from Panicheri Gap

Panicheri Gap

Panicheri Gap is the flat, ice-covered saddle of elevation 2100 m in north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, linking Bangey Heights to the north to Maglenik Heights to the south...

, Voysil Peak

Voysil Peak

Voysil Peak is the peak rising to 2900 m in Maglenik Heights, north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is surmounting Kopsis Glacier tributaries to the north and east, and upper Ellen Glacier to the southwest....

 and Mount Gozur

Mount Gozur

Mount Gozur is a mountain in Maglenik Heights, central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated just northwest of the head of Young Glacier and 9 nautical miles east of Mount Bentley. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59...

 to join Embree Glacier

Embree Glacier

Embree Glacier is a 20 mi long glacier in the north-central part of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, draining the eastern slopes of Mount Hale, Mount Davis and Mount Bentley, the northeast slopes of Mount Anderson, and the northwestern slopes of Probuda Ridge, flowing north-northeastwards and...

 northwest of Mirovyane Peak

Mirovyane Peak

Mirovyane Peak is the peak rising to 1500 m in Maglenik Heights, north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is surmounting Kopsis Glacier to the west, lower Embree Glacier to the north, and Young Glacier to the south....

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The glacier is named after the medieval town of Kopsis in Central Bulgaria.

Location

Kopsis Glacier is centred at 78°03′20"S 85°16′00"W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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