Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Churicheni Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Churicheni Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The ice-free island in the Onogur group off the NW coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands situated 1.78 km NNE of Misnomer Point and 190 m W of Shipot Point. Extending 230 m by 140 m. Separated from Robert Island by a 100 m wide passage. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009. Named after the settlement of Churicheni in Southwestern Bulgaria.
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