Prisad Island































Prisad Island

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Location of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands




Prisad Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula

Prisad Island

Prisad Island



Location of Prisad Island

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Prisad Island is located in Antarctica

Prisad Island

Prisad Island



Prisad Island (Antarctica)

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Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 63°13′55″S 62°10′38″W / 63.23194°S 62.17722°W / -63.23194; -62.17722
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Administration
Antarctica
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population uninhabited

Prisad Island (Bulgarian: остров Присад, ‘Ostrov Prisad’ 'os-trov 'pri-sad) is the rocky island off the north coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 640 m in southwest-northeast direction and 520 m wide. It is separated from Limets Peninsula by a 60 m wide passage.


The feature is named "after the settlements of Prisad in Northeastern and Southeastern Bulgaria."[1]




Contents






  • 1 Location


  • 2 See also


  • 3 Maps


  • 4 Notes


  • 5 References





Location


Prisad Island is located at 63°13′55″S 62°10′38″W / 63.23194°S 62.17722°W / -63.23194; -62.17722, which is 1.44 km east of Cape Wallace. British mapping in 2009.



See also


  • List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands


Maps




  • South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009.


  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.



Notes





  1. ^ Prisad Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.




References




  • Prisad Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.


  • Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)



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













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