Sumer Passage
Sumer Passage ({{langx|bg|проток Сумер}}, ‘Protok Sumer’ \'pro-tok su-'mer\) is the 970 m wide passage in the Palmer Archipelago between Davis Island on the north and Albena Peninsula, Brabant Island on the south. It connects Bouquet Bay and Gerlache Strait, another connection between the two being Zlogosh Passage.
The passage is named after the settlement of Sumer in Northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
Sumer Passage is located at {{coord|64|06|52|S|62|06|50|W|display=inline,title}}. British mapping in 1978.
Maps
- [http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=3217 British Antarctic Territory.] Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
- [http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
- [http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)
- [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137740 Sumer Passage.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
External links
- [https://copernix.io/#?where=-62.11388899999997,-64.114444,14&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Sumer Passage.] Copernix satellite image
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Category:Straits of the Palmer Archipelago
Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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