Butamya Glacier
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Butamya Glacier 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.
Barison Peninsula
Barison Peninsula is the mostly ice-covered peninsula projecting 19 km in northwest direction from Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It is 12 km wide between Beascochea Bay to the northeast and Leroux Bay to the southwest...
, Graham Coast
Graham Coast
Graham Coast is the portion of the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctic Peninsula, extending 172 km between Cape Bellue to the southwest and Cape Renard to the northeast....
on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
, situated northwest of Talev Glacier
Talev Glacier
Talev Glacier is the 4 km long and 2.8 km wide glacier on Barison Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, situated west of Cadman Glacier and southeast of Butamya Glacier. It drains northeastwards, and flows into Beascochea Bay....
and north-northeast of Chernomen Glacier
Chernomen Glacier
Chernomen Glacier is the 5.6 km long and 2.2 km 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 northwards, and flows into Beascochea Bay
Beascochea Bay
Beascochea Bay is a bay, long and wide, indenting the Graham Coast of Graham Land, Antarctica, between Kiev Peninsula and Barison Peninsula, and entered south of Cape Perez...
.
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. 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. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2006.