Peyna Glacier
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.
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Location[]
Peyna Glacier is centred at WikiMiniAtlas
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.
References[]
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Peyna Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links[]
- Peyna Glacier. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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