Soatris Island
Soatris Island (Bulgarian: остров Соатрис, romanized: ostrov Soatris, IPA: [ˈɔstrof suˈatris]) is the rocky island off the northwest coast of Pasteur Peninsula on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, which extends 400 m in east-southeast to west-northwest direction and is 200 m wide.
The island is named after the ancient Roman settlement of Soatris in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Location
Soatris Island is located at 64°02′00″S 62°34′23″W / 64.03333°S 62.57306°W / -64.03333; -62.57306, which is 5 km west-southwest of Cape Roux, 800 m north of Metchnikoff Point and 9.6 km north by east of Claude Point. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.
Maps
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Soatris Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
External links
- Soatris Island. Copernix satellite image
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Brabant-Island.png/500px-Brabant-Island.png)
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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