Giridava Glacier | |
Map: | South Shetland Islands#Antarctica |
Mark: | Blue_pog.svg |
Location: | Clarence Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates: | -61.2569°N -54.1722°W |
Thickness: | unknown |
Terminus: | Chinstrap Cove |
Status: | unknown |
Giridava Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Гиридава|lednik Giridava, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdniɡ ɡiriˈdavɐ/) 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.
Giridava Glacier is centred at -61.2569°N -54.1722°W. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.