Struma Glacier

Struma Glacier
Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Struma Glacier
Map showing the location of Struma Glacier
Location of Struma Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Struma Glacier
Map showing the location of Struma Glacier
Struma Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationLivingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°36′25″S 60°07′00″W / 62.60694°S 60.11667°W / -62.60694; -60.11667
Length2.6 nautical miles (4.8 km; 3.0 mi)
Width1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusMoon Bay
Statusunknown
Struma Glacier with Sliven Peak on the left and Zlatograd Rock on the right, Moon Bay with Half Moon Island, and Greenwich Island (left) and Burgas Peninsula (right) in the background.
Topographic map of Bowles Ridge and central Tangra Mountains featuring Struma Glacier

Struma Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Струма, romanizedlednik Struma, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈstrumɐ]) is a glacier in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated south of lower Kaliakra Glacier and north of Huron Glacier. Bounded by Melnik Ridge to the north, Yankov Gap to the west and Bowles Ridge to the south, it is 4.8 km long and 1.5 km wide, and flows eastwards into Moon Bay south of Sindel Point.[1]

First crossed by the Bulgarians Lyubomir Ivanov and Doychin Vasilev from Camp Academia on 28 December 2004, as part of Tangra 2004/05 survey.

The glacier is named after the Struma River in Bulgaria and forms part of the overland route between Pirdop Gate and Yankov Gap.[1]