title: Giridava Glacier
text: # Giridava Glacier
  
  Giridava Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Гиридава, romanized: lednik Giridava, IPA:) is 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) long and 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km; 0.69 mi) wide glacier on the west side of Urda Ridge on Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated north of Skaplizo Glacier and southwest of Bersame Glacier. It drains the slopes of Mount Irving, flows northwestwards and enters Chinstrap Cove east of Vaglen Point.
  
  The glacier is named after the Thracian settlement of Giridava in Northern Bulgaria.
  
  ## Location
  
  Giridava Glacier is centred at 61°15′25″S 54°10′20″W﻿ / ﻿61.25694°S 54.17222°W﻿ / -61.25694; -54.17222. British mapping in 1972 and 2009.
  
  