Glumche Island (, ) is the rocky island off the northwest coast of

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in the

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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 830 m west-southwest of

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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 of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

References

Glumche Island.

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Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)

External links

Glumche Island.
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