Ruen Icefall
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Tangra Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 42 ′ S , 60 ° 16 ′ W | |
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| drainage | False Bay | |
The Ruen Icefall ( Bulgarian ледопад Руен ledopad Ruen ) is a glacier break on the south coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows from a basin , which is dominated by three of the five peaks of the Friesland Ridge , and flows into False Bay . It is located 5.1 km south of Willan Nunatak and 4.1 km southeast of Napier Peak .
The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 1996 after the Ruen , the highest peak of the Osogowo Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Ruen Icefall in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ruen Icefall on geographic.org (English)