Name details

Chakarov Island

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 139246

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 ice covered island 2.18 km long in SW-NE direction and 600 m wide in the Barcroft group of Biscoe Islands. Surface area 92 ha. Situated 2.85 km SW of Irving Island, 700 m N of Bedford Island, 5.35 km SE of Belding Island and 4.7 km S of Watkins Island.

Named For

Named after Danail Chakarov, Director of the International and EU Law Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria responsible for Antarctica and member of the Antarctic Place-names Commission since 2013.

Location

Latitude:
66° 26' 42.0" S
-66.44500°
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Longitude:
67° 07' 43.0" W
-67.12861°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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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:
27-Feb-2020

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