Bersame Glacier Explained

Bersame Glacier
Map:South Shetland Islands#Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Clarence Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates:-61.2472°N -54.15°W
Length:1.3nmi
Width:0.8nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Giridava Glacier
Status:unknown

Bersame Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Берсаме|lednik Bersame, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdniɡ ˈbɛrsɐmɛ/) is the 2.4 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on the west side of Urda Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated northeast of Giridava Glacier. It drains the slopes of Mount Llana, flows northwestwards and enters the Southern Ocean northeast of the terminus of Giridava Glacier.

The glacier is named after the Thracian settlement of Bersame in Southeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Bersame Glacier is centred at -61.2472°N -54.15°W. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.

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