Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
St. Brigid Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
St. Brigid 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 ice-covered island 2.7 km long in SW-NE direction and 1.4 km wide, largest in the Barcroft group of Biscoe Islands. Surface area 222 ha. Situated 1.28 km S of Watkins Island, 1.18 km W of Irving Island, 3.9 km N of Bedford Island and 3 km SE of Belding Island.
Named after St. Brigid of Kildare (c.?451–525), the patron saint of scholars.
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