Giridava Glacier
Giridava Glacier is long and 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. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.Maps
- Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
- Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
- Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.