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.

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 / 62.445694°S 60.14167°W / -62.445694; -60.14167. 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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