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Yamen Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Yamen Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The 10 km long and 4 km wide glacier in Gromshin Heights on the E side of northern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains. Situated NE of Vicha Glacier. Drains northeastwards along the N slopes of Branishte Peak and joins Rutford Ice Stream. US mapping in 1961. Named after the settlement of Yamen in Western Bulgaria.
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