Zebil Island
Location of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands. | |
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 63°14′03″S 62°13′16″W / 63.23417°S 62.22111°W |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
Country | |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
Additional information | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System |
Zebil Island (Bulgarian: остров Зебил, ‘Ostrov Zebil’ \'os-trov 'ze-bil\) is the rocky island off the northwest coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 510 m in east-southeast to west-northwest direction and 340 m wide.
The feature is named after the settlement of Zebil in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Zebil Island is located at 63°14′03″S 62°13′16″W / 63.23417°S 62.22111°W, which is 440 m southwest of Cape Wallace and 1.3 km north-northeast of Fernandez Point. 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. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2012.
References
- Zebil 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.