Balanstra Glacier
| Balanstra Glacier | |
|---|---|
Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula | |
Location of Balanstra Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Location | Palmer Archipelago |
| Coordinates | 64°19′30″S 62°18′20″W / 64.32500°S 62.30556°W |
| Length | 6 nmi (11 km; 7 mi) |
| Width | 2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Pampa Passage |
| Status | unknown |
Balanstra Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Баланстра, romanized: lednik Balanstra, IPA: [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.