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Blagun Glacier

Coordinates: 66°51′00″S 66°03′20″W / 66.85000°S 66.05556°W / -66.85000; -66.05556
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Blagun Glacier
Location of Pernik Peninsula on Loubet Coast, Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Blagun Glacier
Map showing the location of Blagun Glacier
Location of Blagun Glacier in Antarctica
LocationGraham Land
Coordinates66°51′00″S 66°03′20″W / 66.85000°S 66.05556°W / -66.85000; -66.05556
Length7 nmi (13 km; 8 mi)
Width1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusWilkinson Glacier
Statusunknown

Blagun Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Благун, romanizedlednik Blagun, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ bɫɐˈɡun]) is the 13 km long and 2.3 km wide glacier on Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, situated southwest of Dolie Glacier and northeast of Peyna Glacier. It flows northwestwards between Lane Ridge and Hodge Ridge, and joins Wilkinson Glacier.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Blagun in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

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Blagun Glacier is centred at 66°51′00″S 66°03′20″W / 66.85000°S 66.05556°W / -66.85000; -66.05556. British mapping in 1976.

See also

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Maps

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  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.

References

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.