Name details

Zverino Island

Zverino Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Zverino Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137212

Feature type: (5)

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The largest and westernmost island in the Meade group lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands. Situated 2.4 km E of Williams Point and 2.1 km NE of Ficheto Point on Livingston Island, and 1.9 km W of Duff Point on Greenwich Island. The island extends 1.2 km by 700 m, with surface area of 48 ha, and is snow-free in summer. Separated from Cave Island to the ENE by the 110 m wide Glogovo Passage. British mapping in 1935 and 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009. Named after the settlement of Zverino in Western Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 27' 09.0" S
-62.45250°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
60° 04' 25.0" W
-60.07361°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

new feature (Ivanov, 13.12.10)

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
12-Jun-2010

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