Strandzha Glacier | |
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Location of Strandzha Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Livingston Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°38′20″S 59°54′00″W / 62.63889°S 59.90000°W |
Length | 0.9 nautical miles (1.7 km; 1.0 mi) |
Width | 0.4 nautical miles (0.74 km; 0.46 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Bransfield Strait |
Status | unknown |
Strandzha Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Странджа, romanized: lednik Strandzha, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈstrand͡ʒɐ]) is located on Burgas Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica northeast of Ropotamo Glacier, south of Sopot Ice Piedmont and southwest of Pautalia Glacier. It is bounded by Delchev Peak to the west, Spartacus Peak, Trigrad Gap and Yavorov Peak to the northwest, and by Elena Peak to the north, extends 1.6 km in northeast–southwest direction and 800 m in northwest–southeast direction, and flows southeastward into Bransfield Strait.
The feature is named after Strandzha Mountain, Bulgaria.