Sigmen Glacier
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Sigmen Glacier is a 2.5 km long and 2 km wide glacier draining the northwest slopes of Brugmann Mountains
Brugmann Mountains
The Brugmann Mountains , rising to , are steep and rugged on the east slopes but are icecapped and descend gently toward the west, extending in a northeast–southwest arc along the east side of Liège Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. They were discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under...

 on Liège Island
Liège Island
Liège Island is an island, long and wide, lying immediately northeast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Liège Island is located at...

 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 northwestwards to enter Palakariya Cove
Palakariya Cove
Palakariya Cove is a 3.2 km wide cove indenting for 2 km the northwest coast of Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Entered south of Bebresh Point.The cove is named after Palakariya River in western Bulgaria.-Location:...

 south of Bebresh Point
Bebresh Point
Bebresh Point is a point projecting 1.3 km from the northwest coast of Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica forming the north side of the entrance to Palakariya Cove...

 and northeast of Beaumont Hill.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Sigmen
Sigmen
Sigmen is a village situated in the Burgas Province of Bulgaria. It is one of the 29 villages in the Karnobat municipality located in the south-east of the country.The village is 23.952 km2 in size and has a population of 327 as of 1 January 2007....

 in southeastern 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...

.

Location

Sigmen Glacier is located at 64°01′00"S 61°56′00"W. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3197. DOS 610 - W 63 60. Tolworth, UK, 1978.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.
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