Verila Glacier
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Verila Glacier on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica is bounded by Rotch Dome
to the west, Casanovas Peak
and Snow Peak
to the north, and Ustra Peak
to the southeast. It is roughly crescent-shaped, extending 13 km in an east-west direction, and 4 km in a north-south direction and drains southwards into Walker Bay
, Bransfield Strait
between John Beach
and Hannah Point
.
The glacier is named after Verila Mountain in Western Bulgaria
.
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica is bounded by Rotch Dome
Rotch Dome
Rotch Dome is the sloping ice dome rising to 360 m immediately east of Byers Peninsula, and between Barclay Bay and Walker Bay in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
to the west, Casanovas Peak
Casanovas Peak
Casanovas Peak is the ice dome rising to 325 m at the base of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands. Surmounting Etar Snowfield to the northwest, Berkovitsa Glacier to the northeast and Verila Glacier to the south....
and Snow Peak
Snow Peak (Antarctica)
Snow Peak is a snow-covered peak rising to 428 m in western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Linked by a saddle to Casanovas Peak in the west, and surmounting Berkovitsa Glacier to the northwest, Tundzha Glacier to the east and Verila Glacier to the southwest.The...
to the north, and Ustra Peak
Ustra Peak
Ustra Peak is a rocky peak of 195 m on the coast of Walker Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
to the southeast. It is roughly crescent-shaped, extending 13 km in an east-west direction, and 4 km in a north-south direction and drains southwards into Walker Bay
Walker Bay, Livingston Island
Walker Bay is a bay lying between John Beach and Hannah Point along the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait
Bransfield Strait is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast-southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. It was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland...
between John Beach
John Beach, Livingston Island
John Beach is a beach at the west side of the entrance to Walker Bay on the south coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Ice-free area ca...
and Hannah Point
Hannah Point
Hannah Point is a point on the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It forms the east side of the entrance to Walker Bay and the west side of the entrance to South Bay. Surmounted by Ustra Peak to the north, with Liverpool Beach extending between the peak and...
.
The glacier is named after Verila Mountain in Western Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
.
Location
The glacier's midpoint is located at 62°36′15"S 60°42′00"W (Bulgarian mapping in 2009).Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
