Chernomen Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Черномен, romanized: lednik Chernomen, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik t͡ʃɛrnoˈmɛn]) is the 3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi) long and 1.2 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) 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 northwestwards, and flows into Leroux Bay southeast of Eijkman Point.

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Chernomen Glacier
Location of Barison Peninsula on Graham Coast, Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Chernomen Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Graham Land
Coordinates	65°38′30″S 64°02′50″W
Length	3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi)
Width	1.2 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Leroux Bay
Status	unknown

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The glacier is named after the settlement of Chernomen in medieval Southern Bulgaria.

Chernomen Glacier is centred at 65°38′30″S 64°02′50″W. British mapping in 1971.

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer Antarctic Place-names Commission (Bulgarian)
• Basic data (English)
• Chernomen Glacier SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

• Chernomen Glacier. Copernix satellite image

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

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