Mugla passage
Mugla passage | ||
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View of Half Moon Island in Moon Bay with the Mugla Passage (right) and Greenwich Island (background) | ||
Connects waters | McFarlane Strait | |
with water | Moon Bay | |
Separates land mass | Half Moon Island | |
of land mass | Livingston Island | |
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Geographical location | 62 ° 36 '15 " S , 59 ° 54' 20" W | |
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Smallest width | 1.35 km |
The Mugla Passage ( Bulgarian проток Мугла protok Mugla ) is a 1.35 km wide strait in the Moon Bay of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It separates the north side of the Burgas Peninsula including the Ihtiman Hook from the offshore island Half Moon Island . It connects Moon Bay with McFarlane Strait .
Bulgarian scientists mapped in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2010 after the village of Mugla in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Mugla Passage in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)