Papazov Island

Papazov Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	63°18′19″S 58°39′12″W
Length	200 m (700 ft)
Width	100 m (300 ft)
Administration
Antarctica
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Papazov Island (Bulgarian: Папазов остров, romanized: Papazov ostrov, IPA: [pɐˈpazof ˈɔstrof]) is the 200 m long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 100 m wide rocky island lying off the entrance to Velcha Cove on the east coast of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. It is “named after the Bulgarian-French artist George Papazov (1894-1972).”

Location

Papazov Island is located at 63°18′19″S 58°39′12″W, which is 2.27 km southeast of Kanarata Point and 1.4 km east of Drumohar Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Maps

• Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

• Papazov Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Papazov Island. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.