Osenovlag Island

Osenovlag Island
Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Osenovlag Island
Location of Osenovlag Island
Osenovlag Island
Osenovlag Island (Antarctica)
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°20′54.6″S 59°40′25″W / 62.348500°S 59.67361°W / -62.348500; -59.67361Coordinates: 62°20′54.6″S 59°40′25″W / 62.348500°S 59.67361°W / -62.348500; -59.67361
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Osenovlag Island (Bulgarian: остров Осеновлаг, ‘Ostrov Osenovlag’ \'os-trov o-'se-no-vlag\) is the easternmost island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is rocky, extending 510 m in southeast-northwest direction and 130 m wide. It is separated from Shipot Point by a 90 m wide passage. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The island is named after the settlement of Osenovlag in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Osenovlag Island is located at 62°20′54.6″S 59°40′25″W / 62.348500°S 59.67361°W / -62.348500; -59.67361, which is 3.55 km northeast of Fort William Point and 1.24 km southwest of Hammer Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

See also

Maps

  • Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4 (Second edition 2010, ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5)
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References


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

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.


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