Bersame Glacier
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Bersame Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Берсаме, romanized: lednik Bersame, IPA: [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.
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Bersame Glacier | |
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Location | Clarence Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 61°14′50″S 54°09′00″W |
Length | 1.3 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
Width | 0.8 nmi (1 km; 1 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Giridava Glacier |
Status | unknown |
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The glacier is named after the Thracian settlement of Bersame in Southeastern Bulgaria.