Vladigerov Passage ( bg, Владигеров проток, ‘Vladigerov Protok’ \vla-di-'ge-rov 'pro-tok\) is the passage long 5.8 km in southwest-northeast direction and 1.05 km wide in Biscoe Islands,

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between

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on the east and Krogh Island on the west. The eponymous ''Vladigerov Island'', 420 m long in southwest-northeast direction and 150 m wide, is lying in the narrowest part of the passage centred at , formed as a result of the retreat of the ice cap of Lavoisier Island in the early 21st century. The passage is named after the

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composer Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978).

Location

Vladigerov Passage is centred at . British mapping in 1976.

Maps

British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1976.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.

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. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Vladigerov Passage.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

Vladigerov Passage.
Copernix satellite image Straits of the Biscoe Islands Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{Biscoes-geo-stub