Soatris Island

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

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

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Place ID: 19607
Name ID: 137982

Feature type: Island (5)

Origin

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

Narrative

The rocky island off the northwest coast of Pasteur Peninsula on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, extending 400 m in ESE-WNW direction and 200 m wide. Situated 5 km WSW of Cape Roux, 800 m N of Metchnikoff Point and 9.6 km N by E of Claude Point. British mapping in 1980 and 2008. Named after the ancient Roman settlement of Soatris in Northeastern Bulgaria.

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Location

Latitude:
64° 02' 00.0" S
-64.03333°
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Longitude:
62° 34' 23.0" W
-62.57306°
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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 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

new feature (L. Ivanov, 25/05/15) JM

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
19-May-2015

Related information

Biodiversity
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Place names
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