Osenovlag Island

Osenovlag Island

Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Country
None
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Osenovlag Island (Bulgarian: остров Осеновлаг, ‘Ostrov Osenovlag’ \'os-trov o-'se-no-vlag\) is the easternmost island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is rocky, extending 510 m in southeast-northwest direction and 130 m wide. It is separated from Shipot Point by a 90 m wide passage. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The island is named after the settlement of Osenovlag in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Osenovlag Island is located at , which is 3.55 km northeast of Fort William Point and 1.24 km southwest of Hammer Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps

• 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), 1993–2016.

References

• Osenovlag 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.