Name details

Metis Island

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

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

If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au

Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 139239

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 820 m long in E-W direction and 140 m wide rocky island separated from the W coast of Lavoisier Island in Biscoe Islands by a 540 m wide passage. Surface area 8.4 ha. Situated 6.8 km SSW of Newburgh Point and 12.35 km NE of Zagrade Point on Krogh Island.

Named For

Named after Metis, a deity of wisdom and deep thought in Greek mythology.

Location

Latitude:

66° 08' 53.0" S

-66.14806°

Unknown precision

Longitude:

66° 47' 37.0" W

-66.79361°

Unknown precision

Altitude:

Not recorded

Unknown precision

Images

No images of this place could be found.

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:

27-Feb-2020

Display Scales

Note These display scales were chosen for use by Australia, with an emphasis on East Antarctica.
For example, selecting 'Aus_display_scale_20M' would only return names that would appear on a 1:20 million scale map.

Aus_display_scale_20M:	No	Aus_display_scale_10M:	No
Aus_display_scale_5M:	No	Aus_display_scale_2M:	No
Aus_display_scale_1M:	No	Aus_display_scale_500k:	No
Aus_display_scale_250k:	No	Aus_display_scale_100k:	No
Aus_display_scale_50k:	No	Aus_display_scale_25k:	No
Aus_display_scale_10k:	No	Aus_display_scale_5k:	No
Aus_display_scale_1k:	No

Related information

Biodiversity
View fauna, flora or both within 1.0 degree of this location

Place names
View Bulgarian or international place names within 1.0 degree of this location.