Bistra Glacier is the 1.75 km long and 750 m wide glacier in Imeon Range

Imeon Range

Imeon Range is a mountain range occupying the interior of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 30 km in southwest-northeast direction between Cape James and Cape Smith, and 6.8 km wide...

 on Smith Island

Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)

Smith Island is long and wide, lying west of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. Surface area ....

 in the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

, Antarctica. Draining the west slopes of Mount Foster

Mount Foster

Mount Foster is a peak rising to 2105 m in the Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is the highest point of the South Shetland Islands archipelago....

 and the north slopes of Slaveykov Peak

Slaveykov Peak

Slaveykov Peak is the sharp peak rising to 1760 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is situated 2 km southwest of the summit Mount Foster, to which it is linked by Zavet Saddle, 1.12 km north-northeast of Neofit Peak, 2.4 km...

, and flowing northwestwards of Zavet Saddle

Zavet Saddle

Zavet Saddle is a saddle of elevation 1410 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands bounded by Slaveykov Peak to the southwest and the summit Mount Foster to the northeast. Overlooking Dragoman Glacier to the southeast and Bistra Glacier to the northwest. The feature is named...

 to enter Drake Passage

Drake Passage

The Drake Passage or Mar de Hoces—Sea of Hoces—is the body of water between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica...

 south of Garmen Point

Garmen Point

Garmen Point is a point on the northwest coast of Smith Island, South Shetland Islands situated 13.65 km north-northeast of Cape James, 6.12 km south-southwest of Markeli Point and 19.65 km southwest of Cape Smith. Formed by an offshoot of Mount Foster. Bulgarian early mapping in...

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The glacier is named after the settlements of Bistra

Bistra, Targovishte Province

Bistra is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, in the Targovishte Municipality of the Targovishte Province.Bistra Glacier on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after the village....

 in northeastern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

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Location

Bistra Glacier is located at 62°59′50"S 62°34′45"W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Map

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4