Verila Glacier

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Verila Glacier from Walker Bay, with Ustra Peak on the right.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Verila Glacier (Lednik Verila \'led-nik ve-'ri-la\) on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is situated southeast of southern Etar Snowfield, southwest of Berkovitsa and Tundzha Glaciers, and west of Kamchiya Glacier. It is bounded by Rotch Dome to the west, Casanovas Peak and Snow Peak to the north, and Ustra Peak to the southeast. The glacier 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 feature is named after Verila Mountain in Western Bulgaria.

Location

The glacier's midpoint is located at 62°36′15″S 60°42′00″W / 62.60417°S 60.70000°W / -62.60417; -60.70000Coordinates: 62°36′15″S 60°42′00″W / 62.60417°S 60.70000°W / -62.60417; -60.70000 (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 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

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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