Name details

Papazov Island

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 139071

Feature type: Island

Origin

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

Narrative

The 200 m long in WSW-ENE direction and 100 m wide rocky island lying off the entrance to Velcha Cove on the E coast of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait. Situated 2.27 km SE of Kanarata Point and 1.4 km E of Drumohar Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Named For

Named after the Bulgarian-French artist George Papazov (1894-1972).

Location

Latitude:

63° 18' 19.0" S

-63.30528°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

58° 39' 12.0" W

-58.65333°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:

Unknown

Source Name:

Unknown

Source Identifier:

Source Scale:

Unknown

Source Institution:

Unknown

Source Person:

Unknown

Source Publisher:

Unknown

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:

Unknown

Date approved:

11-Jul-2018

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