Skaplizo Glacier Explained

Skaplizo Glacier
Map:South Shetland Islands#Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Clarence Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates:-61.2806°N -54.1833°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:northeast of Chichil Point
Status:unknown

Skaplizo Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Скаплизо|lednik Skaplizo, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdnik skɐˈplizo/) is long and 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 -61.2806°N -54.1833°W. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.

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