Glumche Island
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 Location of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands. | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°14′07″S 62°13′45″W / 63.23528°S 62.22917°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Country | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Glumche Island (Bulgarian: остров Глумче, ‘Ostrov Glumche’ \'os-trov 'glum-che\) is the rocky island off the northwest coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 470 m in east-west direction and 290 m wide.
The feature is named after the settlement of Glumche in Southeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Glumche Island is located at 63°14′07″S 62°13′45″W / 63.23528°S 62.22917°W, which is 830 m west-southwest of Cape Wallace and 1.08 km north of Fernandez Point. British mapping in 2009.
Maps
- South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2012.
References
- Glumche Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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