Chumerna Glacier
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Chumerna Glacier is the 2.2 km long and 1.9 km wide glacier on the north coast of Albena Peninsula
on Brabant Island
in the Palmer Archipelago
, Antarctica flowing northeastwards to enter the channel between Brabant Island
and Liège Island
east of Hales Peak
.
The glacier is named after Chumerna Peak in eastern Balkan Mountains
, Bulgaria
.
Albena Peninsula
Albena Peninsula is a peninsula extending 13 km in east-west direction and 9 km wide at its base, forming the east extremity of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Bounded by the terminus of Lister Glacier to the north, and Hill Bay to the south...
on Brabant Island
Brabant Island
Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is located at . Brabant Island is long in a north-south direction, wide, and rises to in Mount Parry...
in the Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
, Antarctica flowing northeastwards to enter the channel between Brabant Island
Brabant Island
Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is located at . Brabant Island is long in a north-south direction, wide, and rises to in Mount Parry...
and Liège Island
Liège Island
Liège Island is an island, long and wide, lying immediately northeast of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Liège Island is located at...
east of Hales Peak
Hales Peak
Hales Peak is a peak rising from the northeast shoulder of Mount Cabeza in the northeast part of Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago. Mapped from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys, Ltd., 1956-57...
.
The glacier is named after Chumerna Peak in eastern Balkan Mountains
Balkan Mountains
The Balkan mountain range is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The Balkan range runs 560 km from the Vrashka Chuka Peak on the border between Bulgaria and eastern Serbia eastward through central Bulgaria to Cape Emine on the Black Sea...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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Location
Chumerna Glacier is located at 64°08′10"S 62°06′20"W. British mapping in 1980.Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.