Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Esperanto Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Esperanto Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island ( 5)
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The largest and northwesternmost island in the Zed group off the N coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Extending 950 by 900 m, and rising to 290 m. Situated 70 m to the NW of the neighbouring Phanagoria Island, and 2.7 km NW of Williams Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009. Named after the constructed international language of Esperanto.
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