Churicheni Island

Churicheni Island

Location of Robert Island in the Shetland Islands
Churicheni Island Location of Churicheni Island Churicheni Island Churicheni Island (Antarctica)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°21′02.5″S 59°40′33″W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Administration
Antarctica
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	0

Churicheni Island (Bulgarian: остров Чуричени, romanized: ostrov Churicheni, IPA: [ˈɔstrof t͡ʃoˈrit͡ʃɛni]) is the ice-free island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 230 m by 140 m. It is separated from Robert Island by a 100 m wide passage.

The feature is named after the settlement of Churicheni in Southwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Churicheni Island is located at 62°21′02.5″S 59°40′33″W, which is 1.78 km north-northeast of Misnomer Point and 190 m west of Shipot 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

• Churicheni Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links

• Churicheni Island. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands