Solun Glacier

Solun Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Solun Glacier  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 18778
Name ID: 137101

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The 9.3 km long and 4 km wide glacier on Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula. Situated E of Škorpil Glacier and NW of McCance Glacier. Draining the N slopes of Protector Heights, and flowing northwards into Darbel Bay. British mapping in 1976. Named after the Bulgarian High School of Solun (Thessaloniki), a major Bulgarian education centre during the late 19th and early 20th century; presently located in Blagoevgrad, Southwestern Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 38' 50.0" S
-66.64722°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
66° 03' 00.0" W
-66.05000°
Accurate to 0m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Accurate to 0m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
14-Sep-2010

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