Yakoruda Glacier

Yakoruda Glacier
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Location	Greenwich Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	62°28′30″S 59°56′37″W / 62.47500°S 59.94361°W / -62.47500; -59.94361
Length	2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Width	1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Berende Cove
Status	unknown

Yakoruda Glacier (Lednik Yakoruda \'led-nik ya-ko-'ru-da\) 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 Peak 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.

Yakoruda Glacier is centred at 62°28′30″S 59°56′37″W / 62.47500°S 59.94361°W / -62.47500; -59.94361Coordinates: 62°28′30″S 59°56′37″W / 62.47500°S 59.94361°W / -62.47500; -59.94361 (Bulgarian survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2005 and 2009).