Yakoruda Glacier | |
Map: | South Shetland Islands#Antarctica |
Mark: | Blue_pog.svg |
Location: | Greenwich Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates: | -62.475°N -59.9436°W |
Length: | 2nmi |
Width: | 1nmi |
Thickness: | unknown |
Terminus: | Berende Cove |
Status: | unknown |
Yakoruda Glacier (bg|ледник Якоруда|lednik Yakoruda, pronounced as /bg/) is a glacier on the west slopes of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated west of Teteven Glacier and northwest of Murgash Glacier. It extends 3.5 km in north-south direction and 2.5 km in east-west direction, is bounded by Greaves Peak, Hrabar Nunatak and Crutch Peaks to the north, Lloyd Hill to the east and Kerseblept Nunatak to the south, and drains westwards into Berende Cove, McFarlane Strait.
The feature is named after the town of Yakoruda in southwestern Bulgaria.
Yakoruda Glacier is centred at -62.475°N -59.9436°W (Bulgarian survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2005 and 2009).