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)
Phanagoria Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Phanagoria 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 third largest island in the Zed group off the N coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Extending 700 by 500 m. Separated from the neighbouring Esperanto Island and Lesidren Island by channels 70 m and 130 m wide respectively. Situated 2.1 km NW of Williams Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009. Named after the town of Phanagoria in Old Great Bulgaria (7th century).
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