Polich Island

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

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

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Place ID: 20043
Name ID: 139093

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 250 m long in SE-NW direction and 100 m wide rocky island lying off the NE coast of Astrolabe Island in Bransfield Strait. Situated 90 m NE of Kanarata Point, 460 m NNW of Sagita Island and 2.08 km NNE of Drumohar Peak. German-British mapping in 1996.

Named For

Named after Golyam (Great) Polich and Malak (Little) Polich Peaks in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.

Location

Latitude:
63° 17' 17.0" S
-63.28806°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
58° 40' 29.0" W
-58.67472°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
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

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
11-Jul-2018

Related information

Biodiversity
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Place names
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