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.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Varna-Peninsula-location-map.png/220px-Varna-Peninsula-location-map.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg/220px-Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Zed-Islands.jpg/220px-Zed-Islands.jpg)
The passage is named after the settlements of Iglika in northern, northeastern and southeastern Bulgaria.
Location
editIglika Passage is located at 62°26′44.5″S 60°08′30″W / 62.445694°S 60.14167°W. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
Map
edit- 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
edit- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Iglika Passage. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links
edit- Iglika Passage. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.