Isgrew passage
| Isgrew passage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Connects waters | Drake Street | |
| with water | Drake Street | |
| Separates land mass | Rogozen Island , Heywood Island , Pordim Islands | |
| of land mass | Robert Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 62 ° 20 ′ 10 " S , 59 ° 40 ′ 30" W | |
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| Smallest width | 2.3 km | |
The Isgrew Passage ( Bulgarian проток Изгрев protok Isgrew ) is a 2.3 km wide strait in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It separates Rogozen Island , Heywood Island and the Pordim Islands from the northwest coast of Robert Island .
British scientists mapped them in 1968, Bulgarian in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2013 after localities in the north, northeast, southeast and southwest of Bulgaria .
Web links
- Izgrev passage in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)