Verila Glacier
Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Verila Glacier
Map showing the location of Verila Glacier
Location of Verila Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Verila Glacier
Map showing the location of Verila Glacier
Verila Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationLivingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°36′15″S 60°42′00″W / 62.60417°S 60.70000°W / -62.60417; -60.70000
Length7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Width2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusWalker Bay
Statusunknown
Verila Glacier from Walker Bay, with Ustra Peak on the right
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Verila Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Верила, romanizedlednik Verila, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ vɛˈriɫɐ]) 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 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) in an east-west direction and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) in a north-south direction, and drains southwards into Walker Bay, Bransfield Strait between John Beach and Liverpool Beach at Hannah Point. The glacier's bedrock is connected to Kaliman Island in Walker Bay by a 600 m long moraine tombolo. The area was visited by 19th century British and American sealers.

The feature is named after Verila Mountain in Western Bulgaria.

Location

The glacier's exact midpoint is located at 62°36′15″S 60°42′00″W / 62.60417°S 60.70000°W / -62.60417; -60.70000 (Bulgarian mapping in 2005, 2009 and 2017).

See also

Maps

In fiction

Geography of the thriller novel
The Killing Ship by Simon Beaufort

Verila Glacier is part of the mise-en-scène in the 2016 Antarctica thriller novel The Killing Ship by Simon Beaufort, with action spreading westwards from Hannah Point, skirting the glacier and eventually reaching Byers Peninsula; the glacier is shown on a sketch map of Livingston Island illustrating the book.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ S. Beaufort. The Killing Ship. Sutton, Surrey: Severn House Publishers, 2016. 224 pp. ISBN 978-0-7278-8639-2
  2. ^ The Killing Ship. Susanna Gregory Website, 2019

References

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