Churicheni Island

Churicheni Island (Bulgarian: остров Чуричени, romanized: ostrov Churicheni, IPA: [ˈɔstrof t͡ʃoˈrit͡ʃɛni]) is the ice-free island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 230 m by 140 m. It is separated from Robert Island by a 100 m wide passage.

Churicheni Island
Location of Robert Island in the Shetland Islands
Churicheni Island
Location of Churicheni Island
Churicheni Island
Churicheni Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°21′02.5″S 59°40′33″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population0

The feature is named after the settlement of Churicheni in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Churicheni Island is located at 62°21′02.5″S 59°40′33″W, which is 1.78 km north-northeast of Misnomer Point and 190 m west of Shipot Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps
  • Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4 (Second edition 2010, ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5)
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References


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

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands


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