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Aitcho Islands
The Aitcho Islands (''‘Aitcho’'' standing for ''‘H.O.’'' i.e. ''‘Hydrographic Office’'') are a group of minor islands on the west side of the north entrance to English Strait separating Greenwich Island and Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, which are situated between Dee Island to the south and Table Island to the north. The group is separated from Dee Island and Sierra Island to the southwest by ''Villalón Passage'' (). The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Clothier Harbour. During the austral summer the islands are often visited by Antarctic cruise ships with tourists who land to watch wildlife. The islands were mapped in 1935 during the oceanographic investigations carried out by the Discovery Committee, and named after the Hydrographic Office of the UK Admiralty. Some of the island names were given by Chilean Antarctic expeditions between 1949 and 1951. Islands The islands and some notable rocks o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of . Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of . Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over along the coast and far less inland. About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost . Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, . The coastal regions can reach temperatures over in summer. Native species of animals include mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. Where vegetation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasarel Island
Pasarel Island ( bg, остров Пасарел, ostrov Pasarel, ) is an ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island is situated northwest of Barrientos Island, northeast of Sierra Island and southeast of Emeline Island. Extending . The area was visited by early 19th century sealers. Named after the settlement of Dolni (Lower) Pasarel in western Bulgaria. Location Pasarel Island is located at . Bulgarian mapping in 2009. See also * Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * SCAR * Territorial claims in Antarctica Map * L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. (First edition 2009. ) Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okol Rocks
Okol Rocks ( bg, скали Окол, ‘Skali Okol’ ska-'li o-'kol) is a group of rocks in the north of Aitcho Islands group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The principal feature in the group is ''Lambert Island'' (). ''Passage Rock'' () is lying east of Okol Rocks and west by south of Fort William, Robert Island, with ''Cheshire Rock'' () lying south by east of Passage Rock, southwest of Fort William, northeast of Jorge Island and east-southeast of Okol Rocks. SCAR . The area was visited by early 19th century |
Morris Rock
Morris Rock is a rock outcropping that rises to in the northwest extremity of the Aitcho Islands (South Shetland Islands), Aitcho group, English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century Seal hunting, sealers. The feature is named after Alfred Morris (b. 1890), draughtsman in the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, Admiralty Hydrographic Office in 1935. Location The rock is located at which is northwest of Kilifarevo Island, north of Emeline Island, northeast of Holmes Rock, south by east of Table Island (South Shetland Islands), Table Island, and west by north of Fort William (Robert Island), Fort William, Robert Island (South Shetland Islands), Robert Island (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009). See also * Aitcho Islands * Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands#List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S, List of Antarctic islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilifarevo Island
Kilifarevo Island ( bg, остров Килифарево, Ostrov Kilifarevo, ) is an ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island is situated northwest of Jorge Island, north of Riksa Islands and southeast of Morris Rock. Extending , surface area .L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers. Kilifarevo Island is named after the town of Kilifarevo in northern Bulgaria. Location The island is located at . Bulgarian mapping in 2009. See also * Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * SCAR * Territorial claims in Antarctica Notes References Kilifarevo Island.SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic Place-na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Island
Jorge Island is an ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending , surface area .L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers. The feature was named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition in 1949 after the son of Captain José Duarte, commanding the patrol ship ''Lautaro''. Location The midpoint is located north-northwest of Barrientos Island, north of Bilyana Island, east-northeast of Riksa Islands, south of Okol Rocks and west-southwest of Fort William, Robert Island (Chilean mapping in 1961, British in 1968, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009). See also * Aitcho Islands * Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S * SCAR * South Shetland Islands * Territorial claims in Antarctica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emeline Island
Emeline Island is a conspicuous rocky island rising to over in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island extends with a surface area of . The area was visited by early 19th century seal hunters. The feature is named after the American sealing vessel ''Emeline'' under Captain Jeremiah Holmes, which visited the South Shetlands in 1820–21 and operated from nearby Clothier Harbour. Location The midpoint is located at and the island lies northwest of Pasarel Island, northwest of Barrientos Island, north of Dee Island, north-northeast of Sierra Island, east by north of Stoker Island, east-southeast of Holmes Rock, southwest of Bilyana Island and southwest of Riksa Islands.British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009 See also *Aitcho Islands *Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S *SCAR *South Shetland Islands *Territorial cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheshire Rock
Okol Rocks ( bg, скали Окол, ‘Skali Okol’ ska-'li o-'kol) is a group of rocks in the north of Aitcho Islands group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The principal feature in the group is ''Lambert Island'' (). ''Passage Rock'' () is lying east of Okol Rocks and west by south of Fort William, Robert Island, with ''Cheshire Rock'' () lying south by east of Passage Rock, southwest of Fort William, northeast of Jorge Island and east-southeast of Okol Rocks. SCAR . The area was visited by early 19th century |
Chaos Reef
Chaos Reef is the confused area of breakers and shoal water in the north extremity of Aitcho Islands group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Clothier Harbour.L. IvanovGeneral Geography and History of Livingston Island.In: ''Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis''. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17–28 Following a survey by the 1949 Chilean Antarctic Expedition, the feature was resurveyed and descriptively named from ''HMS Protector'' in 1967. Location The reef is located at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Island
Cecilia Island is the ice-free southernmost island of the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending , surface area .L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. The area, visited by American and English sealers in the early 19th century, nowadays has become a popular tourist site frequented by Antarctic cruise ships. The feature's name derives from 'Cecilias Straits' applied to English Strait by Captain John Davis after the shallop ''Cecilia'', tender to his ship ''Huron'' that visited the South Shetlands in 1820–22. It was from the ''Cecilia'' that the first landing on the Antarctic mainland was made at Hughes Bay on 7 February 1821. Location The midpoint is located at and the island is lying north of Spark Point, Greenwich Island, east-northeast of Dee Island, southeast of Barrientos Island, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilyana Island
Bilyana Island ( bg, остров Биляна, ostrov Bilyana, ) is an ice-free island in the Aitcho group on the west side of English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending , surface area . The area was visited by early 19th century sealers. The island's name derives from Bilyana, a name from Bulgarian music folklore. SCAR . Location The midpoint is located at and the island is lying south of , north-northwest of |
