Burdenis Glacier

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

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

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Place ID: 19448
Name ID: 137799

Feature type: Glacier (12)

Origin

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

Narrative

The 6 km long and 1.7 km wide glacier on the E side of the main crest of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains. Situated N of Delyo Glacier and S of Gerila Glacier. Drains the N slopes of Mount Viets and the SE slopes of the southern summit of Long Gables Peak, flows northeastwards and together with Delyo Glacier and Gerila Glacier joins upper Ellen Glacier N of Bruguière Peak. US mapping in 1961 and 1988. Named after the ancient Roman settlement of Burdenis in Southern Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
78° 14' 00.0" S
-78.23333°
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Longitude:
86° 03' 00.0" W
-86.05000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
3-Jan-2014

Related information

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