Chernoochene Glacier
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| Chernoochene Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula | |
  Location of Chernoochene Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Location | Graham Land |
| Coordinates | 65°17′00″S 62°15′10″W / 65.28333°S 62.25278°W |
| Length | 3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi) |
| Width | 1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Spillane Fjord |
| Status | unknown |
Chernoochene Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Черноочене, romanized: lednik Chernoochene, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik t͡ʃɛrnuˈɔt͡ʃɛnɛ]) is the 5 km long and 2 km wide glacier on the Oscar II Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica, situated in the southeast foothills of Forbidden Plateau, south of Jorum Glacier and northeast of Crane Glacier. It is draining southeastwards to flow into Spillane Fjord west of Mount Birks.
The feature is named after the settlement of Chernoochene in southern Bulgaria.
Chernoochene Glacier is located at 65°17′00″S 62°15′10″W / 65.28333°S 62.25278°W. British mapping in 1974.
