Giridava Glacier

Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Giridava Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Гиридава, ‘Nos Giridava’ \'nos gi-ri-'da-va\) is the 2.7 km long and 1.2 km 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.

Location

Giridava Glacier is centred at 61°15′25″S 54°10′20″W / 61.25694°S 54.17222°W / -61.25694; -54.17222Coordinates: 61°15′25″S 54°10′20″W / 61.25694°S 54.17222°W / -61.25694; -54.17222. 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). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Giridava 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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