Name details

Zherav Island

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

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

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Bulgaria Gazetteer Id 140152

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 mostly ice-covered island 1.71 km long in WSW-ENE direction and 377 m wide in the Wauwermans Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Surface area 29.55 ha. Situated 3.55 km SSE of Host Island, 4 km W of Brown Island, 194 m N of Kril Island, 7.19 km NNW of False Cape Renard on Graham Land, and 5.74 km NE of Mishka Island in the Dannebrog Islands group.

Named For

So named because of its shape supposedly resembling a common crane in flight, 'zherav' being the Bulgarian for that bird, and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.

Location

Latitude:
64° 58' 01.0" S
-64.96694°
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Longitude:
63° 52' 54.0" W
-63.88167°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
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Source Scale:
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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

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Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
17-Apr-2020

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