Soatris Island

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

Soatris Island (Bulgarian: остров Соатрис, ‘Ostrov Soatris’ \'os-trov so-'at-ris\) is the rocky island off the northwest coast of Pasteur Peninsula on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, which extends 400 m in east-southeast to west-northwest direction and is 200 m wide.

The island is named after the ancient Roman settlement of Soatris in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Soatris Island is located at 64°02′00″S 62°34′23″W / 64.03333°S 62.57306°W / -64.03333; -62.57306Coordinates: 64°02′00″S 62°34′23″W / 64.03333°S 62.57306°W / -64.03333; -62.57306, which is 5 km west-southwest of Cape Roux, 800 m north of Metchnikoff Point and 9.6 km north by east of Claude Point. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Soatris Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

Brabant Island from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Pasteur Peninsula is seen as the nearest part of the island on the right.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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