Cacho Island

Cacho Island (Bulgarian: остров Качо, romanized: ostrov Cacho, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈkat͡ʃo]) is the 750 m long in northwest-southeast direction and 350 m wide rocky island separated from Hall Peninsula on the east side of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands by a passage narrowing to just 60 m. Surface area 19 ha. It is crescent-shaped facing northeast and forming the northeast coast of Ivaylo Cove.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]

Cacho Island
Topographic map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands; Cacho Island is shown as linked to Snow Island by a tiny isthmus that exists no longer
Cacho Island
Location of Cacho Island
Cacho Island
Cacho Island (South Shetland Islands)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°46′05″S 61°14′38″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Area19 ha (47 acres)
Length750 m (2,460 ft)
Width350 m (1,150 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The feature is named after the Spanish physicist, polar explorer and author Javier Cacho Gómez, participant in the 1986/87 Spanish Antarctic expedition and base commander at Juan Carlos I base in subsequent seasons, for his contribution to the promotion of Antarctica and support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.[1]

Location

Cacho Island is located at 62°46′05″S 61°14′38″W, which is 5 km south-southwest of the northeast extremity of President Head, 12.4 km northeast of Cape Conway and 30.3 km northwest of Deception Island. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

Maps
  • 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)
  • L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

See also

Notes
  1. Cacho Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  2. L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28.

References


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


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