Shterna Glacier
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| Shterna Glacier | |
|---|---|
 Location of Liège Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region | |
  Location of Shterna in Antarctica | |
| Location | Palmer Archipelago |
| Coordinates | 63°59′45″S 61°53′10″W / 63.99583°S 61.88611°W |
| Length | 2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi) |
| Width | 1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Boisguehenneuc Bay |
| Status | unknown |
Shterna Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Щерна, romanized: lednik Shterna, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈʃtɛrnɐ]) is the glacier extending 3.6 km in east-west direction and 2.2 km in north-south direction on Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is situated northeast of Sigmen Glacier, draining the north slopes of Brugmann Mountains and flowing northwards into Boisguehenneuc Bay.
The glacier is named after the settlement of Shterna in Southern Bulgaria.
Shterna Glacier is centred at 63°59′45″S 61°53′10″W / 63.99583°S 61.88611°W. British mapping in 1978.
