Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Vladigerov Passage (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Vladigerov Passage (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Passage (9)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The passage long 5.8 km in SW-NE direction and 1.05 km wide in Biscoe Islands, between Lavoisier Island on the E and Krogh Island on the W. An eponymous island 420 m long in SW-NE direction and 150 m wide is lying in the narrowest part of the passage, formed as a result of the retreat of the ice cap of Lavoisier Island in the early 21st century. British mapping in 1976. Named after the Bulgarian composer Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978).
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