Veselie Glacier

Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Veselie Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Веселие, ‘Lednik Veselie’ \'led-nik ve-'se-li-e\) is the 7 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier in Austa Ridge on Oscar II Coast in Graham Land situated southeast of Jorum Glacier and northeast of Chernoochene Glacier. It flows east-southeastwards along the north slopes of Mount Birks to enter Spillane Fjord west-southwest of Caution Point. The feature is named after the settlement of Veselie in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Veselie Glacier is located at 65°16′15″S 62°10′00″W / 65.27083°S 62.16667°W / -65.27083; -62.16667Coordinates: 65°16′15″S 62°10′00″W / 65.27083°S 62.16667°W / -65.27083; -62.16667. British mapping in 1976.

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References

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


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