Perunika Glacier
Perunika Glacier is an 8 km long and 3 km wide roughly crescent-shaped glacier in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated east of Pimpirev Glacier, south of Saedinenie Snowfield, southwest of Kaliakra Glacier, west of Huron Glacier, and north of Balkan Snowfield and the head of Huntress Glacier.Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chirpan Peak and Burdick South Peak.
Chirpan Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chirpan Peak is an ice-covered 535 metres peak forming the western extremity of Bowles Ridge on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica overlooking Perunika Glacier to the west and south.
Burdick South Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burdick South Peak rises 544 m and is formed by an offshoot extending 1 km west-southwestwards from the southeastern extremity of Burdick Ridge in eastern Livingston Island.
Bowles West Peak
Peak
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bowles West Peak is a peak rising to 678 m at the western extremity of Bowles Ridge in eastern Livingston Island in Antarctica. The peak has precipitous and partly ice-free western slopes and overlooks Perunika Glacier to the southwest.
Perunika Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 276 metres
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.6204° or 62° 37′ 13″ southLongitude
-60.27306° or 60° 16′ 23″ westElevation
276 metres (906 feet)Open location code
379X9PHG+RQOpenStreetMap ID
way 317346738OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
Discover Perunika Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Perunika Glacier” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Перуника (ледник)”
- Bulgarian: “Перуника”
- Cebuano: “Perunika Glacier”
- Chinese: “佩魯尼卡冰川”
- German: “Perunika-Gletscher”
- Hebrew: “קרחון פרוניקה”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Perunika”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Perunikabreen”
- Swedish: “Perunika Glacier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Camp Academia and Station P.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hemus Peak and Rayna Knyaginya Peak.
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