Prisad Island
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Location of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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| Location | Antarctica |
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| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
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.
Location
Prisad Island is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., which is 1.44 km east of Cape Wallace. British mapping in 2009.
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), 1993–2016.
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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