Yakoruda Glacier

Yakoruda Glacier
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Yakoruda Glacier
Map showing the location of Yakoruda Glacier
Location of Yakoruda Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Yakoruda Glacier
Map showing the location of Yakoruda Glacier
Yakoruda Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationGreenwich Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°28′30″S 59°56′37″W / 62.47500°S 59.94361°W / -62.47500; -59.94361
Length2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Width1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusBerende Cove
Statusunknown
Yakoruda Glacier (in the background) from Ravda Peak area, Livingston Island, with Huron Glacier and McFarlane Strait in the foreground.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Yakoruda Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Якоруда, romanizedlednik Yakoruda, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik jakoˈrudɐ]) 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.