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Skaplizo Glacier

Skaplizo Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Скаплизо, romanizedlednik Skaplizo, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik skɐˈplizo]) is 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) long and 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi) wide glacier on the west side of Urda Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated south of Giridava Glacier. It drains the slopes of Mount Irving and Duclos-Guyot Bluff, flows west-northwestwards and enters the Southern Ocean northeast of Chichil Point.

The glacier is named after the Thracian settlement of Skaplizo in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Skaplizo Glacier is centred at 61°16′50″S 54°11′00″W / 61.28056°S 54.18333°W / -61.28056; -54.18333. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.

See also

Maps

References

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