Cacho Island

Cacho Island (Bulgarian: остров Качо, romanized: ostrov Cacho, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈkat͡ʃo]) is the 750 m long in northwest-southeast direction and 350 m wide rocky island separated from Hall Peninsula on the east side of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands by a passage narrowing to just 60 m. Surface area 19 ha. It is crescent-shaped facing northeast and forming the northeast coast of Ivaylo Cove.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]

Cacho Island
Topographic map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands; Cacho Island is shown as linked to Snow Island by a tiny isthmus that exists no longer
Cacho Island
Location of Cacho Island
Cacho Island
Cacho Island (South Shetland Islands)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°46′05″S 61°14′38″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Area19 ha (47 acres)
Length750 m (2460 ft)
Width350 m (1150 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The feature is named after the Spanish physicist, polar explorer and author Javier Cacho Gómez, participant in the 1986/87 Spanish Antarctic expedition and base commander at Juan Carlos I base in subsequent seasons, for his contribution to the promotion of Antarctica and support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.[1]

Location

Cacho Island is located at 62°46′05″S 61°14′38″W, which is 5 km south-southwest of the northeast extremity of President Head, 12.4 km northeast of Cape Conway and 30.3 km northwest of Deception Island. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

Maps
  • L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
  • L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

See also
  • List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

Notes
  1. Cacho Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  2. L. Ivanov. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28.

References


This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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