Chukovezer Island

Chukovezer Island

Chukovezer Island
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°39′06″S 64°14′42″W / 64.65167°S 64.24500°WCoordinates: 64°39′06″S 64°14′42″W / 64.65167°S 64.24500°W
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Chukovezer Island (Bulgarian: остров Чуковезер, ‘Ostrov Chukovezer’ \'os-trov vhu-ko-'ve-zer\) is the rocky island lying 700 m off the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature is 1.22 km long in southeast-northwest direction and 460 m wide.

The island is named after the settlement of Chukovezer in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Chukovezer Island is located at 64°39′06″S 64°14′42″W / 64.65167°S 64.24500°W, 7.22 km north by east of Cape Monaco and 6.8 km south of Gerlache Point. British mapping in 1974.

Maps

• Anvers Island and Brabant Island. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. BAS 250 Series, Sheet SQ 19-20/3&4. London, 1974.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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

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