Phanagoria Island
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Phanagoria Island is the third largest island in the Zed group
off the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. The island is ice-free, extending 700 by with surface area 20 hectares (49.4 acre). Separated from the neighbouring Esperanto Island
and Lesidren Island
by channels 70 and 130 m (76.6 and 142.2 yd) wide respectively. Situated 2.1 km (1.3 mi) northwest of Williams Point
. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers
.
The island is named after the town of Phanagoria in Old Great Bulgaria
(7th century).
Zed Islands
Zed Islands is a small group of islands, the westernmost rising to , lying off the northeast extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica comprising four islands: Esperanto Island, Phanagoria Island, Lesidren Island and Koshava Island...
off the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica. The island is ice-free, extending 700 by with surface area 20 hectares (49.4 acre). Separated from the neighbouring Esperanto Island
Esperanto Island
Esperanto Island is the largest and northwesternmost island in the Zed group off the north coast of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island is ice-free, rocky, rising to and extending , with surface area . Situated to the northwest of the...
and Lesidren Island
Lesidren Island
Lesidren Island is the second largest and southernmost island in the Zed group off the north coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island is ice-free, extending with surface area . Separated from the neighbouring Phanagoria Island and Koshava...
by channels 70 and 130 m (76.6 and 142.2 yd) wide respectively. Situated 2.1 km (1.3 mi) northwest of Williams Point
Williams Point
Williams Point is the point forming both the north extremity of Varna Peninsula and the northeast tip of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers
Seal hunting
Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. The hunt is currently practiced in five countries: Canada, where most of the world's seal hunting takes place, Namibia, the Danish region of Greenland, Norway and Russia...
.
The island is named after the town of Phanagoria in Old Great Bulgaria
Old Great Bulgaria
Old Great Bulgaria or Great Bulgaria was а term used by Byzantine historians to refer to Onoguria during the reign of the Bulgar ruler Kubrat in the 7th century north of the Caucasus mountains in the steppe between the Dniester and Lower...
(7th century).
Location
Phanagoria Island is located at 62°26′03"S 60°09′46"W. British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.See also
- Composite Gazetteer of AntarcticaComposite Gazetteer of AntarcticaThe Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all the Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about those names and the relevant geographical features...
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCARScientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science . It was established in February 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities that had begun during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58...
- Territorial claims in Antarctica