Emen Island
Location of Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
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| Location | Antarctica |
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| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Emen Island (Bulgarian: остров Емен, ‘Ostrov Emen’ \'os-trov 'e-men\) is a rocky island in the southwest part of Hamburg Bay on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature is 920 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 580 m wide, and is separated from Anvers Island to the south and Petrelik Island to the northwest by 570 m and 160 m wide passages respectively.
The island is named after the settlement of Emen in Northern Bulgaria.
Location
Emen Island is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., 10.45 km northeast of Gerlache Point and 8.77 km southwest of Bonnier Point. British mapping in 1974.
Maps
- Anvers Island and Brabant Island. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. BAS 250 Series, Sheet SQ 19-20/3&4. London, 1974.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Emen Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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