Ogygia Island

Ogygia Island (Bulgarian: остров Огигия, romanized: ostrov Ogygia, IPA: [ˈɔstrof oˈɟiɟjɐ]) is the 420 m long in west-east direction and 70 m wide rocky island separated by a 110 m wide passage from Hall Peninsula on the east side of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area 2 ha. It is part of the northeast coast of Ivaylo Cove.[1] The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.[2]

Ogygia Island
Topographic map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands featuring Ogygia Island
Ogygia Island
Location of Ogygia Island
Ogygia Island
Ogygia Island (South Shetland Islands)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°46′34″S 61°14′15″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Area2 ha (4.9 acres)
Length420 m (1380 ft)
Width70 m (230 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The feature is named after the mythical island Ogygia, home of the nymph Calypso.[1]

Location

Ogygia Island is located at 62°46′34″S 61°14′15″W, which is 580 m south of Cacho Island, 6 km south-southwest of the northeast extremity of President Head, 12.15 km northeast of Cape Conway and 29.8 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. Ogygia 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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