Glumche Island
| Glumche Island | ||
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| Waters | Osmar Strait | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 14 ′ 7 ″ S , 62 ° 13 ′ 45 ″ W | |
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| length | 470 m | |
| width | 290 m | |
Glumche Island (English; Bulgarian остров Глумче ostrow Glumche ) is an east-west orientation 470 m long, 290 m wide and rocky island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 0.83 km west-southwest of Cape Wallace and 1.08 km north of Fernandez Point off the northwest coast of Low Island .
British scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Glumche in southeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Glumche Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)