Boyana Glacier is located to the east of Vazov Rock

Vazov Rock

Vazov Rock is a rocky peak of elevation of in the south extremity of Peshev Ridge in Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

, to the south of St. Naum Peak

St. Naum Peak

St. Naum Peak is a rocky peak of elevation 560 m in the east extremity of Peshev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

, Starosel Gate

Starosel Gate

Starosel Gate is a 150-m wide pass of elevation 500 m situated between St. Naum Peak and the north extremity of Balchik Ridge in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, Antarctica. Providing overland access from Boyana Glacier to upper Macy Glacier. Bulgarian topographic survey...

, Silistra Knoll

Silistra Knoll

Silistra Knoll rises to over in southern Levski Ridge, in the Tangra Mountains of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

 and Kotel Gap

Kotel Gap

Kotel Gap is a saddle of elevation 660 m extending 1 km between Serdica Peak and Silistra Knoll in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The saddle is part of the divide between the glacial catchments of Macy Glacier to the north and...

, and to the west of Christoff Cliff

Christoff Cliff

Christoff Cliff is a rocky cliff forming Aytos Point on the coast of Bransfield Strait, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The cliff rises to over 300 m at the southern extremity of an offshoot of Serdica Peak and has ice-free eastern and southern slopes...

 in Levski Ridge

Levski Ridge

Levski Ridge is the central ridge of the Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island. Its summit, Great Needle Peak rises to approximately 1,700m ....

, Tangra Mountains

Tangra Mountains

Tangra Mountains form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

 on Livingston Island, 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...

 in Antarctica. Extending 3 km in east-west direction and 1.6 km in north-south direction. The glacier flows southeastward into the Bransfield Strait

Bransfield Strait

Bransfield Strait is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast-southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. It was named in about 1825 by James Weddell, Master, Royal Navy, for Edward Bransfield, Master, RN, who charted the South Shetland...

 between Vazov Point

Vazov Point

Vazov Point is a point on the coast of Bransfield Strait forming the northeast side of the entrance to Brunow Bay on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. This landmark is surmounted by Vazov Rock.-Location:...

 and Aytos Point

Aytos Point

Aytos Point is a point on the coast of Bransfield Strait, Livingston Island, Antarctica formed by an offshoot of Christoff Cliff...

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The glacier is named after the Bulgarian settlement of Boyana

Boyana

Boyana is a neighbourhood of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, part of Vitosha municipality and situated 8 km south of the city centre, in the outskirts of Vitosha. Boyana is typically regarded as one of the best and most expensive neighborhoods of Sofia to live in...

, now part of Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

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Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.