Tigan Island ( bg, остров Тиган, ostrov Tigan, ) is the partly ice-free island 750 m long in west–east direction and 226 m wide in the
Dannebrog Islands
The Dannebrog Islands are a group of islands and rocks lying between the Wauwermans Islands and the Vedel Islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago.
The Wilhelm Archipelago was first sighted and named by a German expedition under Eduard Dallmann, 1873 ...
group of
Wilhelm Archipelago
The Wilhelm Archipelago is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica.
Wilhelm Archipelago consists of numerous islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island. The archipelago extends f ...
in the
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...
region. Its surface area is 10.68 ha.
[Tigan Island.]
SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
The feature is so named because of its shape supposedly resembling a
frying pan
A frying pan, frypan, or skillet is a flat-bottomed pan used for frying, searing, and browning foods. It is typically in diameter with relatively low sides that flare outwards, a long handle, and no lid. Larger pans may have a small grab han ...
('tigan' in Bulgarian), and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.
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Location
Tigan Island is located at . It abuts Pegas Island
Pegas Island ( bg, остров Пегас, ostrov Pegas, ) is the partly ice-free island 987 m long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 703 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula reg ...
on the south, and is situated 115 m south of Yastreb Island and 3 km northwest of Revolver Island
Revolver Island ( bg, остров Револвер, ostrov Revolver, ) is the partly ice-free island 645 m long in southwest–northeast direction and 284 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula re ...
. British mapping in 2001.
Maps
British Admiralty Nautical Chart 446 Anvers Island to Renaud Island.
Scale 1:150000. Admiralty, UK Hydrographic Office, 2001
Brabant Island to Argentine Islands.
Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
See also
* List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
Notes
References
Tigan Island.
SCAR
A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a na ...
Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
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 th ...
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)
External links
Tigan Island.
Adjusted Copernix satellite image
Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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