Chernomen Glacier | |
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Location of Chernomen Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Graham Land |
Coordinates | 65°38′30″S 64°02′50″W / 65.64167°S 64.04722°W |
Length | 3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi) |
Width | 1.2 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Leroux Bay |
Status | unknown |
Chernomen Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Черномен, romanized: lednik Chernomen, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik t͡ʃɛrnoˈmɛn]) is the 3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi) long and 1.2 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) wide glacier on Barison Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated south-southwest of Butamya Glacier and west-southwest of Talev Glacier. It drains northwestwards, and flows into Leroux Bay southeast of Eijkman Point.
The glacier is named after the settlement of Chernomen in medieval Southern Bulgaria.
Chernomen Glacier is centred at 65°38′30″S 64°02′50″W / 65.64167°S 64.04722°W. British mapping in 1971.