Tatul Island

Tatul Island

Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Tatul Island Location of Tatul Island Tatul Island Tatul Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°20′03″S 59°32′22″W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Length	0.35 km (0.217 mi)
Width	0.2 km (0.12 mi)
Administration
Antarctica
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

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

Tatul Island (Bulgarian: остров Татул, romanized: ostrov Tatul, IPA: [ˈɔstrof tɐˈtuɫ]) is a triangular ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 350 by 200 m (380 by 220 yd), the island emerged as a distinct geographical entity following the retreat of Robert Island's ice cap in the late 20th and early 21st century.

The feature is named after the settlement of Tatul adjacent to a major Thracian shrine complex in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria related to the cult of Orpheus.

Location

The island is located 130 m (140 yd) north of Robert Island,
550 m (600 yd) south-southwest of Lientur Rocks and 950 m (1,040 yd) west-northwest of Newell Point. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

Maps

• 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

External links

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

External links

• Tatul Island. Copernix satellite image

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