Butamya Glacier

Location of Barison Peninsula on Graham Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Butamya Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Бутамя, ‘Lednik Butamya’ \'led-nik bu-ta-'mya\) is the 6.9 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier on Barison Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated northwest of Talev Glacier and north-northeast of Chernomen Glacier. It drains northwards, and flows into Beascochea Bay.

The glacier is named after the seaside locality of Butamya in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Butamya Glacier is centred at 65°36′00″S 64°00′00″W / 65.60000°S 64.00000°W / -65.60000; -64.00000Coordinates: 65°36′00″S 64°00′00″W / 65.60000°S 64.00000°W / -65.60000; -64.00000. British mapping in 1971 and 1976.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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

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