Korite Glacier
| Korite Glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| length | 5.5 km | |
| width | Max. 1.3 km | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 46 ′ 40 " S , 66 ° 29 ′ 10" W | |
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| drainage | Chepra Cove | |
The Koriten Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Коритен Lednik Koriten ) is a 5.5 km long and 1.3 km wide glacier on Pernik Peninsula on Loubet Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows from Protector Heights northwest of Wilkinson Glacier in a southwesterly direction to the head end of Chepra Cove .
British scientists mapped it in 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2015 after the village of Koriten in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Koriten Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)