Gorichane Glacier Explained

Gorichane Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Palmer Archipelago
Coordinates:-64.2°N -62.4278°W
Length:2nmi
Width:1nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Lanusse Bay
Status:unknown

Gorichane Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Горичане|lednik Gorichane, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdniɡ ɡoˈrit͡ʃɐnɛ/) is the 4.5 km long and 1.7 km wide glacier on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, situated east-southeast of Palilula Glacier, southwest of the head of Paré Glacier, west-northwest of the head of Laënnec Glacier, northwest of the head of Malpighi Glacier and north of Djerassi Glacier. It drains the west slopes of central Stribog Mountains and flows southwestwards into Lanusse Bay east of Baykal Point.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Gorichane in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Gorichane Glacier is centred at -64.2°N -62.4278°W. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

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