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Churicheni Island 
Summary
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.
 Location of Robert Island in the Shetland Islands | |
  Churicheni Island Location of Churicheni Island  Churicheni Island Churicheni Island (Antarctica) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°21′02.5″S 59°40′33″W / 62.350694°S 59.67583°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
The feature is named after the settlement of Churicheni in Southwestern Bulgaria.
Location edit
Churicheni Island is located at 62°21′02.5″S 59°40′33″W / 62.350694°S 59.67583°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 edit
- 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 edit
- Churicheni Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links edit
- Churicheni Island. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
