Brenitsa Glacier

Brenitsa Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Бреница, romanized: lednik Brenitsa, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ brɛˈnit͡sɐ]) is the 14 km long and 4.5 km wide glacier on Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica situated southwest of Drygalski Glacier, west of Rogosh Glacier and east of Hektoria Glacier. Draining southwards from the south slopes of Foster Plateau east of Mount Quandary to flow into Vaughan Inlet, Weddell Sea next east of Hektoria Glacier.

Brenitsa Glacier
Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Brenitsa Glacier
Map showing the location of Brenitsa Glacier
Location of Brenitsa Glacier in Antarctica
LocationGraham Land
Coordinates64°53′10″S 61°29′50″W
Length7 nmi (13 km; 8 mi)
Width2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusVaughan Inlet
Statusunknown

The feature is named after the settlements of Brenitsa in northern and northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Brenitsa Glacier is centred at 64°53′10″S 61°29′50″W. British mapping in 1974.

See also

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

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


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