Glumche Island

Location of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	63°14′07″S 62°13′45″W / 63.23528°S 62.22917°W / -63.23528; -62.22917
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Glumche Island (Bulgarian: остров Глумче, romanized: ostrov Glumche, IPA: [ˈɔstrov ˈɡɫumt͡ʃɛ]) is the rocky island off the northwest coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands 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 Cape Wallace 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