Yakoruda Glacier

Yakoruda Glacier
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Yakoruda Glacier in Antarctica
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 (Bulgarian: ледник Якоруда, romanized: lednik 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.