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

British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands. Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Banari Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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

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