Name details

Baurene Island

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 138084

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

An ice-covered island extending 1.24 km in SE-NW direction and 350 m wide, the middle of the three islands of the Correo group in Bigo Bay on Graham Coast in Graham Land. Situated off the SW coast of Magnier Peninsula, 500 m NW of Komuniga Island and 450 m SE of Lizard Island. The feature emerged as a distinct geographical entity following the retreat of Magnier Peninsula's ice cap in the second half of the 20th century. British mapping in 1971. Named after the settlement of Baurene in Northwestern Bulgaria.

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Location

Latitude:
65° 42' 38.0" S
-65.71056°
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Longitude:
64° 25' 00.0" W
-64.41667°
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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:
7-Oct-2015

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