Pulpudeva Glacier
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Pulpudeva Glacier is the 8.5 km long and 6 km wide glacier in Sullivan Heights
Sullivan Heights
Sullivan Heights is a compact group of mountains rising to 2,760 m in Mount Levack and including Mount Farrell, Mount Segers and Mamarchev Peak, centered 11.5 nautical miles east-northeast of Mount Tyree in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains...

, 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. It is draining the area north of Johnson Col
Johnson Col
Johnson Col is a col at about 1,800 m, located in Sullivan Heights 2 nautical miles west-southwest of Mount Farrell in the central part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory...

 and northwest of Mount Farrell, flowing northwards west of Mount Levack, and (together with Crosswell
Crosswell Glacier
Crosswell Glacier is a glacier 10 nautical miles long, flowing north-northeast from Mount Shinn to enter Ellen Glacier, in the central part of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by...

 and Patton Glacier
Patton Glacier
Patton Glacier is a broad tributary glacier in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It drains the east slope of the main ridge between Mounts Ostenso and Tyree and flows east to enter Ellen Glacier. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos,...

s) joining 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...

 northwest of Mamarchev Peak
Mamarchev Peak
Mamarchev Peak is the peak rising to 2500 m in the north part of Sullivan Heights in central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, and surmounting Pulpudeva Glacier to the west and Ellen Glacier to the north....

 and southeast of Mount Jumper
Mount Jumper
Mount Jumper is a mountain located 7 nautical miles east of Mount Viets in the central part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It overlooks Ellen Glacier to the north and east, and its tributaries Patton Glacier to the south and Rumyana Glacier to the northwest.First...

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The glacier is named after the ancient Thracian town of Pulpudeva in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Pulpudeva Glacier is centred at 78°21′00"S 85°12′30"W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

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