Naretschen Glacier
| Naretschen Glacier | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Lassus Mountains | |
| length | 9 km | |
| width | ⌀ 11 km | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 34 ′ 30 ″ S , 71 ° 40 ′ 20 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Lazarev Bay | |
The Naretschen Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Наречен lednik Naretschen ) is a 9 km long and 11 km wide glacier in the north of the Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows from the western slopes of the Lassus Mountains in a westerly direction to Lasarew Bay , which it reaches south of the southwest ridge of Mount Wilbye and north of Faulkner Nunatak .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2009 after the spa town of Naretschen in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Narechen Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)