Rogozen Island is a conspicuous island off the north coast of Robert Island, 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...

 situated 470 m (514 yd) south-southwest of Heywood Island

Heywood Island

Heywood Island is the largest of the islands off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending , with a surface area of . The feature is ice-free, low and horseshoe-shaped, its west coast indented for 1 km by Vrabcha Cove...

 and 920 m (1,006.1 yd) north-northeast of Cornwall Island

Cornwall Island (Antarctica)

Cornwall Island is a low ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surface area . Mónica Rock is lying west of the island and north of Passage Rock, east of Table Island and south of Potmess Rocks...

. Extending 760 m (831.1 yd) in east-west direction and 260 m (284.3 yd) wide. Surface area 16 hectares (39.5 acre).

Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the settlement of Rogozen

Rogozen

Rogozen is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in Hayredin municipality, Vratsa Province.Rogozen is famous for its Rogozen treasure....

 in northwestern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

 in connection with the Rogozen Thracian treasure

Rogozen treasure

The Rogozen Treasure , called the find of the century, was discovered by chance in 1985 by a tractor driver digging a well in his garden in the Bulgarian village of Rogozen. It consists of 165 receptacles, including 108 phiales, 55 jugs and 3 goblets. The objects are silver with golden gilt on some...

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See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
  Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
  The 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

External links

• Rogozen Island.