Bersame Glacier | |
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![]() Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
Location of Bersame Glacier in
Antarctica | |
Location |
Clarence Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 61°14′50″S 54°09′00″W / 61.24722°S 54.15000°W |
Length | 1.3 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
Width | 0.8 nmi (1 km; 1 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Giridava Glacier |
Status | unknown |
Bersame Glacier ( Bulgarian: ледник Берсаме, romanized: lednik Bersame, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ ˈbɛrsɐmɛ]) is the 2.4 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on the west side of Urda Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated northeast of Giridava Glacier. It drains the slopes of Mount Llana, flows northwestwards and enters the Southern Ocean northeast of the terminus of Giridava Glacier.
The glacier is named after the Thracian settlement of Bersame in Southeastern Bulgaria.
Bersame Glacier is centred at 61°14′50″S 54°09′00″W / 61.24722°S 54.15000°W. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
Bersame Glacier | |
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![]() Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
Location of Bersame Glacier in
Antarctica | |
Location |
Clarence Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 61°14′50″S 54°09′00″W / 61.24722°S 54.15000°W |
Length | 1.3 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
Width | 0.8 nmi (1 km; 1 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Giridava Glacier |
Status | unknown |
Bersame Glacier ( Bulgarian: ледник Берсаме, romanized: lednik Bersame, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ ˈbɛrsɐmɛ]) is the 2.4 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on the west side of Urda Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated northeast of Giridava Glacier. It drains the slopes of Mount Llana, flows northwestwards and enters the Southern Ocean northeast of the terminus of Giridava Glacier.
The glacier is named after the Thracian settlement of Bersame in Southeastern Bulgaria.
Bersame Glacier is centred at 61°14′50″S 54°09′00″W / 61.24722°S 54.15000°W. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.