Verila Glacier

Verila Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Верила, romanized: lednik 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.

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.

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

Verila Glacier from Walker Bay , with Ustra Peak on the right
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island
Geography of the thriller novel
The Killing Ship by Simon Beaufort