Tsankov Island ( bg, Цанков остров, Tsankov ostrov, ) is the mostly ice-covered island 625 m long in west-southwest to west-northeast direction and 216 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 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 9.48 ha.
[Tsankov Island.]
SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
The feature is named after the dermatologist Nikolay Tsankov, participant in the 2010/11 and subsequent Bulgarian Antarctic campaigns.
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Location
Tsankov Island is located at , which is 293 m northwest of Stego Island
Stego Island ( bg, остров Стего, ostrov Stego, ) is the mostly ice-covered island 2.07 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 820 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula regi ...
, 175 m east of Bodloperka Island
Bodloperka Island ( bg, остров Бодлоперка, ostrov Bodloperka, ) is the partly ice-free island 688 m long in south-southwest to north-northeast direction and 473 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the ...
, 1.18 km southeast of Sprey Island
Sprey Island ( bg, остров Спрей, ostrov Sprey, ) is the mostly ice-covered island 1.23 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 460 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula regi ...
and 1.25 km west-southwest of Taralezh Island
Taralezh Island ( bg, остров Таралеж, ostrov Taralezh, ) is the partly ice-free island 470 m long in west–east direction and 232 km wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. ...
. 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
Tsankov Island.
SCAR 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
Tsankov Island.
Adjusted Copernix satellite image
Islands of the Wilhelm Archipelago
Bulgaria and the Antarctic
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