Skaplizo Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Скаплизо, romanizedlednik Skaplizo, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik skɐˈplizo]) is 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) long and 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi) 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.

Skaplizo Glacier
Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Skaplizo Glacier
Map showing the location of Skaplizo Glacier
Location of Skaplizo Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Skaplizo Glacier
Map showing the location of Skaplizo Glacier
Skaplizo Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationClarence Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates61°16′50″S 54°11′00″W / 61.28056°S 54.18333°W / -61.28056; -54.18333
Length2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi)
Width0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi)
Thicknessunknown
Terminusnortheast of Chichil Point
Statusunknown

The glacier is named after the Thracian settlement of Skaplizo in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

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Skaplizo Glacier is centred at 61°16′50″S 54°11′00″W / 61.28056°S 54.18333°W / -61.28056; -54.18333. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.

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