Chernomen Glacier | |
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Location of Chernomen Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Graham Land |
Coordinates | 65°38′30″S 64°02′50″W / 65.64167°S 64.04722°W |
Length | 3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi) |
Width | 1.2 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Leroux Bay |
Status | unknown |
Chernomen Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Черномен, romanized: lednik Chernomen, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik t͡ʃɛrnoˈmɛn]) is the 3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi) long and 1.2 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) wide glacier on Barison Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated south-southwest of Butamya Glacier and west-southwest of Talev Glacier. It drains northwestwards, and flows into Leroux Bay southeast of Eijkman Point.
The glacier is named after the settlement of Chernomen in medieval Southern Bulgaria.