Iglika Passage
Encyclopedia
Iglika Passage 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
.
Zed Islands
Zed Islands is a small group of islands, the westernmost rising to , lying off the northeast extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica comprising four islands: Esperanto Island, Phanagoria Island, Lesidren Island and Koshava Island...
and Livingston Island 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, 1.53 km wide between Lesidren Island
Lesidren Island
Lesidren Island is the second largest and southernmost island in the Zed group off the north coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island is ice-free, extending with surface area . Separated from the neighbouring Phanagoria Island and Koshava...
and Williams Point
Williams Point
Williams Point is the point forming both the north extremity of Varna Peninsula and the northeast tip of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
on Varna Peninsula
Varna Peninsula
Varna Peninsula is a roughly rectangular predominantly ice-covered peninsula forming the northeast extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, Livingston Island.
The passage is named after the settlements of Iglika
Iglika, Gabrovo Province
Iglika, Gabrovo Province is a village in the municipality of Gabrovo, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria.Iglika Passage in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Iglika....
in northern, northeastern and southeastern 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...
.
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
