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Victory Glacier () is a gently sloping glacier, long, flowing east-southeast from the north end of Detroit Plateau on
Trinity Peninsula Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the sou ...
to Prince Gustav Channel immediately north of Pitt Point. It is bounded by Trakiya Heights to the north and Kondofrey Heights to the south.


Location

Victory Glacier is in
Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee ...
on the southeast coast of the
Trinity Peninsula Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the sou ...
, which forms the tip of the
Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martin in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica. ...
. The north end of the Detroit Plateau rises above the head of the glacier. It flows east and terminates in Prince Gustav Channel. It is southwest of Russell East Glacier and northeast of Aitkenhead Glacier. Nearby features include Mount Daimler to the north, Mount Reece to the south and Pitt Point at the south end of the glacier's mouth.


Mapping and name

Victory Glacier was surveyed by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the v ...
(FIDS), and so named because the glacier was sighted in the week following the surrender of Japan in
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, in August 1945.


Nearby features

Nearby features include, from northwest to southeast:


Mount Schuyler

. A peak rising to high off the northeast extremity of Detroit Plateau. Situated south-southwest of Sirius Knoll, west of Antonov Peak, west by north of Mount Daimler and north-northwest of Mount Reece. Surmounting
Russell West Glacier Russell West Glacier () is a glacier, long and wide, which lies immediately north of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula westward into Bone Bay, on the north side of Trinity Peninsula. This glacier together with Russell East Glacier ...
to the north and Victory Glacier to the south. Named after the American diplomat Eugene Schuyler (1840-1890) who investigated the crushing of the Bulgarian Uprising of 1876 and co-authored the draft decisions of the subsequent 1876 Constantinople Conference.


Lepitsa Peak

. An ice-covered peak rising to high in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau. Situated on the west side of Zlidol Gate, east-southeast of Mount Schuyler, south-southeast of Sirius Knoll, west-southwest of Belgun Peak and northwest of Bozveli Peak in Trakiya Heights, and north-northeast of Skoparnik Bluff. Surmounting the head of Russell West Glacier to the north and Victory Glacier to the SE. Named after the settlement of Lepitsa in Northern Bulgaria.


Skoparnik Bluff

. A partly ice-free bluff rising to . Situated in the northeast foothills of Detroit Plateau, south of Mount Schuyler, southwest of Antonov Peak and west of Bozveli Peak in Trakiya Heights, and northwest of Bezbog Peak and north-northwest of Gurgulyat Peak in Kondofrey Heights, and east-northeast of Bendida Peak. Surmounting Victory Glacier to the southeast. Named after Skoparnik Peak on
Vitosha Vitosha ( ), the ancient ''Scomius'' or ''Scombrus'', is a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Vitosha is one of the symbols of Sofia and the closest site for hiking, alpinism and skiing. Convenient bus lines and ...
Mountain in Western Bulgaria.


Kondofrey Heights

. Heights rising to high. Situated east of Detroit Plateau, south of Victory Glacier and west of Prince Gustav Channel. Extending in an east–west direction and in a north–south direction. Named after the settlement of Kondofrey in Western Bulgaria.


Pitt Point

. A promontory, high, at the south side of the mouth of Victory Glacier. Charted by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the v ...
(FIDS) in 1945, and named for K.A.J. Pitt, master of the ''Fitzroy'', who assisted in establishing FIDS bases in 1944-45.


Chudomir Cove

. A wide cove indenting for the southeast coast of Trinity Peninsula, south of Pitt Point and north of Kiten Point. Named after the Bulgarian writer Chudomir (Dimitar Chorbadzhiyski, 1890-1967).


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