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Chumerna Glacier

Coordinates: 64°08′10″S 62°06′20″W / 64.13611°S 62.10556°W / -64.13611; -62.10556
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Chumerna Glacier
Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Map showing the location of Chumerna Glacier
Map showing the location of Chumerna Glacier
Location of Chumernan Glacier in Antarctica
LocationPalmer Archipelago
Coordinates64°08′10″S 62°06′20″W / 64.13611°S 62.10556°W / -64.13611; -62.10556
Length1.1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Width1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thicknessunknown
Terminuseast of Hales Peak
Statusunknown

Chumerna Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Чумерна, romanizedlednik Chumerna, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik t͡ʃoˈmɛrnɐ]) is the 2.2 km long and 1.9 km wide glacier draining the north slopes of Stavertsi Ridge on Albena Peninsula, Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It flows northeastwards to enter the channel between Brabant Island and Liège Island east of Hales Peak.

The glacier is named after Chumerna Peak in eastern Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.

Location

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Chumerna Glacier is centred at 64°08′10″S 62°06′20″W / 64.13611°S 62.10556°W / -64.13611; -62.10556. British mapping in 1980.

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

Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background.