Banari Glacier

Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Clarence Island seen from northeast with (left to right) Cape Bowles; Dobrodan Glacier and Highton Glacier surmounted by Urda Ridge; Treskavets Glacier, Orcho Glacier and Banari Glacier surmounted by Ravelin Ridge; and Cape Lloyd.

Banari Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Банари, ‘Lednik Banari’ \'led-nik ba-'na-ri\) is the 1.75 km long and 1.15 km wide glacier on the east side of Ravelin Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated north-northeast of Orcho Glacier. It flows northeastwards and enters Smith Cove.

The glacier is named after the settlement of Banari in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Banari Glacier is centred at 61°10′35″S 54°03′50″W / 61.17639°S 54.06389°W / -61.17639; -54.06389Coordinates: 61°10′35″S 54°03′50″W / 61.17639°S 54.06389°W / -61.17639; -54.06389. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.

Maps

References

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


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, January 29, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.