Osenovlag Island
 Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Osenovlag Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°20′54.6″S 59°40′25″W / 62.348500°S 59.67361°WCoordinates: 62°20′54.6″S 59°40′25″W / 62.348500°S 59.67361°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
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 62°20′54.6″S 59°40′25″W / 62.348500°S 59.67361°W, 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). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
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.