Perunika glacier
| Perunika glacier | ||
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 The Perunika Glacier at its confluence with South Bay |
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
| width | Max. 2.6 km | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 36 ′ 24 ″ S , 60 ° 18 ′ 33 ″ W | |
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| drainage | South Bay , Bransfield Street | |
The Perunika Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Перуника lednik Perunika ) is a glacier on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows north of the Plíska Ridge to South Bay , which it reaches north of Bulgarian Beach .
The name was given by the Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names in 1995. The name is given by a village in the Rhodope Mountains , the name of which is derived from Perun , the supreme god of Slavic mythology.
Web links
- Perunika Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Perunika Glacier on geographic.org (English)