Boryana Glacier
Boryana Glacier | |
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Location of Boryana Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Graham Land |
Coordinates | 64°27′40″S 60°14′10″W / 64.46111°S 60.23611°W / -64.46111; -60.23611 |
Length | 6 nmi (11 km; 7 mi) |
Width | 2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Mundraga Bay |
Status | unknown |
Boryana Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Боряна, romanized: lednik Boryana, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ boˈrʲanɐ]) is the 11 km long and 3.2 km wide glacier on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica situated west-southwest of Desudava Glacier and northeast of Darvari Glacier. It is draining the southeast slopes of Detroit Plateau, flowing between Rice Bastion and Gusla Peak, then turning southwards to enter Mundraga Bay between Desudava Glacier and Darvari Glacier.
The feature is named after the settlement of in northeastern Bulgaria.
Location[]
Boryana Glacier is centred at
See also[]
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
Maps[]
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References[]
- Boryana Glacier SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer Antarctic Place-names Commission (Bulgarian)
- Basic data (English)
External links[]
- Boryana Glacier. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
Glaciers in the Antarctic | |
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Glaciers of Graham Land | |
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Adelaide Island |
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James Ross Island |
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Palmer Archipelago |
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Trinity Peninsula |
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