Patlejna glacier
| Patlejna glacier | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| length | 5.5 km | |
| width | Max. 2.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 3 '50 " S , 85 ° 47' 20" W | |
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| drainage | Embree glacier | |
The Patlejna Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Патлейна lednik Patlejna ) is a 5.5 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It lies on the east side of the north-central part of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains , flows north of the upper section of the Ellen Glacier from the eastern slopes of Mount Todd in a north-northwest direction and flows southeast of Mount Goldthwait into the Embree Glacier .
American scientists mapped it in 1988. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the town of Patlejna in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Patleyna Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)