Vladigerov Passage
| Vladigerov Passage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Connects waters | Southern ocean | |
| with water | Lewis Sound | |
| Separates land mass | Lavoisier Island | |
| of land mass | Krogh Island | |
| Data | ||
| Geographical location | 66 ° 16 '57 " S , 66 ° 53' 50" W | |
|
||
| length | 5.8 km | |
| Smallest width | 1.05 km | |
The Wladigerow Passage ( Bulgarian Владигеров проток Wladigerow Prnt.Out ) is a km in the southwest-northeast orientation 5.8 long and 1.05 km wide strait in the archipelago of Biscoe Islands off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It runs between Lavoisier Island in the east and Krogh Island in the west. At its narrowest point there is an island named after the strait, 420 m long and 150 m wide. The passage was exposed by the retreat of the ice masses of Lavoisier Island at the beginning of the 21st century.
British scientists mapped it in 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the Bulgarian composer Pantscho Vladigerow (1899–1978).
Web links
- Vladigerov passage in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)