Name details

Perunika Glacier

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 105027

Feature type: Glacier

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

An 8km long and averaging 2.6km wide, roughly crescent-shaped glacier on Livingston Island. Head bounded by Pliska Ridge to the SSW, Wörner Gap to the E, and Mount Bowles to the NNE. Draining northwestward between Burdick Ridge and Mount Bowles, then N of Rezen Knoll turning WSW and flowing N of Balkan Snowfield and Bulgarian Beach into the head of Emona Anchorage. Heavily crevassed lower half, receiving ice influx also from Balkan Snowfield and from an ice-cap portion located W of Hemus Peak and NE of Emona Anchorage. Named after the settlement of Perunika in Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 37' 00.0" S
-62.61667°
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Longitude:
60° 15' 48.0" W
-60.26333°
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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 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:
23-Feb-1995

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