Pirin Glacier
| Pirin Glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| length | 5.7 km | |
| width | Max. 6 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 5 '30 " S , 60 ° 43' 0" W | |
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| drainage | Curtiss Bay | |
The Pirin Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Пирин Lednik Pirin ) is a 5.7 km long and 6 km wide glacier on the Davis Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows immediately east of the Chawdar Peninsula in a north-northwest direction to Curtiss Bay , which it reaches east of Seaplane Point .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Pirin Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)