Gramada Glacier | |
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Location of Gramada Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Smith Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 63°02′05″S 62°34′34″W / 63.03472°S 62.57611°W |
Length | 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Brashlyan Cove |
Status | unknown |
Gramada Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Грамада, romanized: lednik Gramada, IPA: [ˈlɛdniɡ ɡrɐˈmadɐ]) is a 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) long glacier on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range east of Riggs Peak, southeast of Madan Saddle and south of Neofit Peak. It is situated southwest of Armira Glacier and northeast of Letnitsa Glacier, and flows southeastward into Brashlyan Cove on Osmar Strait. The glacier is named after the town of Gramada in northwestern Bulgaria.[1]