Name details

Lapteva Island

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 137755

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

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

Narrative

The island lying 1 km off the N coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago and extending 900 m in N-S direction and 880 m in E-W direction. Situated 10.54 km NE of Quinton Point, 1.5 km WSW of Lajarte Islands, 8.93 km W of Cape Grönland and 3.38 km W by N of Oberbauer Point. British mapping in 1980. Named after Gergana Lapteva, geologist at St. Kliment Ohridski base in 2006/07 and subsequent seasons.

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Location

Latitude:
64° 14' 50.0" S
-64.24722°
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Longitude:
63° 30' 47.0" W
-63.51306°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
21-Oct-2013

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