Giridava Glacier | |
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![]() Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
Location of Giridava Glacier in
Antarctica | |
Location |
Clarence Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 61°15′25″S 54°10′20″W / 61.25694°S 54.17222°W |
Length | 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) |
Width | 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km; 0.69 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Chinstrap Cove |
Status | unknown |
Giridava Glacier ( Bulgarian: ледник Гиридава, romanized: lednik Giridava, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ ɡiriˈdavɐ]) is 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) long and 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km; 0.69 mi) wide glacier on the west side of Urda Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated north of Skaplizo Glacier and southwest of Bersame Glacier. It drains the slopes of Mount Irving, flows northwestwards and enters Chinstrap Cove east of Vaglen Point.
The glacier is named after the Thracian settlement of Giridava in Northern Bulgaria.
Giridava Glacier is centred at 61°15′25″S 54°10′20″W / 61.25694°S 54.17222°W. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
Giridava Glacier | |
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![]() Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
Location of Giridava Glacier in
Antarctica | |
Location |
Clarence Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 61°15′25″S 54°10′20″W / 61.25694°S 54.17222°W |
Length | 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) |
Width | 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km; 0.69 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Chinstrap Cove |
Status | unknown |
Giridava Glacier ( Bulgarian: ледник Гиридава, romanized: lednik Giridava, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ ɡiriˈdavɐ]) is 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) long and 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km; 0.69 mi) wide glacier on the west side of Urda Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated north of Skaplizo Glacier and southwest of Bersame Glacier. It drains the slopes of Mount Irving, flows northwestwards and enters Chinstrap Cove east of Vaglen Point.
The glacier is named after the Thracian settlement of Giridava in Northern Bulgaria.
Giridava Glacier is centred at 61°15′25″S 54°10′20″W / 61.25694°S 54.17222°W. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.