Patleyna Glacier

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

Patleyna Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Патлейна, ‘Lednik Patleyna’ \'led-nik pat-'ley-na\) is the 5.5 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on the east side of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated north of the upper course of Ellen Glacier. It is draining the east slopes of Mount Todd and the north slopes of Chepino Saddle, and flowing north-northwestwards to join Embree Glacier southeast of Mount Goldthwait and west of Oreshak Peak.

The glacier is named after the nature reserve of Patleyna in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Patleyna Glacier is centred at 78°03′50″S 85°47′20″W / 78.06389°S 85.78889°W / -78.06389; -85.78889Coordinates: 78°03′50″S 85°47′20″W / 78.06389°S 85.78889°W / -78.06389; -85.78889. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

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

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