Osmar Strait (Bulgarian: проток Осмар, ‘Protok Osmar’ \'pro-tok os-'mar\) is the 14.6 nautical miles (27.0 km) wide strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica between Smith Island to the northwest and Low Island to the southeast.
![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Osmar-Strait-location-map.png/220px-Osmar-Strait-location-map.png)
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The strait is named after the settlement of Osmar in northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
editOsmar Strait is located at 63°09′00″S 62°24′00″W / 63.15000°S 62.40000°W. British mapping in 2009, Bulgarian mapping of the Smith Island's coast of the strait in 2009 and 2017.
Maps
edit- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
- 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.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
References
edit- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Osmar Strait. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
External links
edit- Osmar Strait. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.