Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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Feature type: Island
This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
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 after Golyam (Great) Polich and Malak (Little) Polich Peaks in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.
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