Giridava Glacier

Giridava Glacier
Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Location	Clarence Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	61°15′25″S 54°10′20″W / 61.25694°S 54.17222°W / -61.25694; -54.17222
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.

Location

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.

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

Types

Anatomy

Processes

Measurements

Volcanic relations

Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Nunatak P-form Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Suncup Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glaciofluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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