Balanstra Glacier | |
Map: | Antarctica |
Mark: | Blue_pog.svg |
Location: | Palmer Archipelago |
Coordinates: | -64.325°N -62.3056°W |
Length: | 6nmi |
Width: | 2nmi |
Thickness: | unknown |
Terminus: | Pampa Passage |
Status: | unknown |
Balanstra Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Баланстра|lednik Balanstra, in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈlɛdniɡ bɐˈɫanstrɐ/) is the 12 km long and 4 km wide glacier on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica situated northeast of Hippocrates Glacier and southwest of Mackenzie Glacier. It drains the southeast slopes of Stribog Mountains, flows east-southeastwards and enters Pampa Passage south of Momino Point and north of Pinel Point.
The glacier is named after the ancient Roman station of Balanstra in Western Bulgaria.
Balanstra Glacier is centred at -64.325°N -62.3056°W. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.