Valchedram Island
 Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°27′03″S 60°48′48″W / 62.45083°S 60.81333°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Country | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
Valchedram Island (Bulgarian: остров Вълчедръм, ‘Ostrov Valchedram’ \'os-trov 'v&l-che-dr&m\) is an ice-free island off the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 280 m (310 yd) in southeast-northwest direction. The feature is named after the town of Valchedram in northwestern Bulgaria.
Location
The island is located at 62°27′03″S 60°48′48″W / 62.45083°S 60.81333°W which is 1.55 km (0.96 mi) northwest of Cape Shirreff and 2.2 km (1.4 mi) north-northeast of San Telmo Island (British early mapping in 1822, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- 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, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
External links
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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