Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Tsankov Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Tsankov 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 mostly ice-covered island 625 m long in WSW-ENE direction and 216 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Surface area 9.48 ha. Situated 293 m NW of Stego Island, 175 m E of Bodloperka Island, 1.18 km SE of Sprey Island and 1.25 km WSW of Taralezh Island.
Named after the dermatologist Nikolay Tsankov, participant in the 2010/11 and subsequent Bulgarian Antarctic campaigns.
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