Peyna Glacier

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Location of Pernik Peninsula on Loubet Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Peyna Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Пейна, romanized: lednik Peyna, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈpɛjnɐ]) is the 11.4 km long and 3 km wide glacier on Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated southwest of Blagun Glacier and northeast of Murphy Glacier. It flows northwestwards along , and joins Murphy Glacier and Wilkinson Glacier.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Peyna in Northern Bulgaria.

Location[]

Peyna Glacier is centred at

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66°53′45″S 66°09′25″W / 66.89583°S 66.15694°W / -66.89583; -66.15694Coordinates: 66°53′45″S 66°09′25″W / 66.89583°S 66.15694°W / -66.89583; -66.15694. British mapping in 1976.

Maps[]

  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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