Iglika Passage
Iglika Passage (Bulgarian: проток Иглика, ‘Protok Iglika’ \'pro-tok i-'gli-ka\) is the passage between the Zed island group and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 1.53 km wide between Lesidren Island and Williams Point on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island.
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Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
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Iglika Passage from Miziya Peak, Livingston Island.
The passage is named after the settlements of Iglika in northern, northeastern and southeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Iglika Passage is located at 62°26′44.5″S 60°08′30″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
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Iglika Passage. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links
- Iglika Passage. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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