Patleyna Glacier

Patleyna Glacier
Patleyna Glacier
	Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
	Location of Patleyna Glacier in Antarctica
Type	tributary
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	78°03′50″S 85°47′20″W
Length	3.4 nautical miles (6.3 km; 3.9 mi)
Width	1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Embree Glacier
Status	unknown

Patleyna Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Патлейна, romanized: lednik Patleyna, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik patˈlɛjnɐ]) is the 3.4 nautical miles (6.3 km; 3.9 mi) long and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) wide glacier on the east side of north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, situated north of the upper course of Ellen Glacier. It is draining the east slopes of Mount Todd and the north slopes of Chepino Saddle, and flowing north-northwestwards to join Embree Glacier southeast of Mount Goldthwait and west of Oreshak Peak.

Sentinel Range map

The glacier is named after the nature reserve of Patleyna in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Patleyna Glacier is centred at 78°03′50″S 85°47′20″W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

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

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