Sinion Glacier
| Sinion Glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Detroit plateau | |
| length | 6 km | |
| width | Max. 3 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 32 ′ 40 ″ S , 60 ° 26 ′ 50 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Odrin Bay | |
The Sinion Glacier ( Bulgarian ледник Синион Lednik Sinion ) is a 6 km long and 3 km wide glacier on the Nordenskjöld Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . From the southeastern slopes of the Detroit Plateau, it flows in an east-southeast direction along the southern slopes of Kableshkov Ridge to Odrin Bay .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission on Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after Sinion, a proto- Bulgarian leader of the 6th century .
Web links
- Sinion Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)