Struma Glacier

Struma Glacier (Lednik Struma \'led-nik 'stru-ma\) is a glacier in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica draining the area between Bowles Ridge and Melnik Ridge. The glacier is 4.8 km long and 1.5 km wide, flowing eastwards into Moon Bay south of Sindel Point and north of Elemag Point. It is bounded by Melnik Ridge to the north, Yankov Gap to the west and Bowles Ridge to the south.

First crossed by the Bulgarians Lyubomir Ivanov and Doychin Vasilev from Camp Academia on 28 December 2004.

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

Location

The midpoint is located at .

Maps

Reference

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.