Soatris Island ( bg, остров Соатрис, ostrov Soatris, ) is the rocky island off the northwest coast of

Pasteur Peninsula Pasteur Peninsula is a broad peninsula long in a north-south direction and ranging from wide between Guyou Bay and Bouquet Bay, forming the north end of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. Its interior is occupied by the no ...

on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago,

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, which extends 400 m in east-southeast to west-northwest direction and is 200 m wide. The island is named after the ancient

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

settlement of Soatris in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Soatris Island is located at , which is 5 km west-southwest of

Cape Roux Cape Roux () is a cape marking the northwest extremity of Pasteur Peninsula, northern Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–1905, and named by Charcot for Emile Roux, noted French physician ...

, 800 m north of

Metchnikoff Point Metchnikoff Point is a point forming the western extremity of Pasteur Peninsula in northern Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was first charted by the Third French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, and named by Jean-Baptis ...

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 The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...

. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Soatris Island.
SCAR

Composite Antarctic Gazetteer The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about t ...

External links

Soatris Island.
Copernix satellite image Brabant-Island

Islands of the Palmer Archipelago Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{BrabantIsland-geo-stub