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词条 Oescus Island
释义

  1. Location

  2. See also

  3. Maps

  4. References

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Oescus Island ({{lang-bg|остров Ескус}}, ‘Ostrov Oescus’ \\'os-trov 'es-kus\\) is the low ice-free island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 380 m in southeast-northwest direction and 40 m wide. The feature comprises two parts connected by a spit, and is separated from Redina Island, Kovach Island and Leeve Island by passages 120 m, 160 m and 130 m wide respectively.

The island is named after the ancient Roman town of Oescus in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Oescus Island is located at {{coord|62|21|07|S|59|41|15.5|W|}}, which is 1.42 km north of Misnomer Point and 890 m west of Shipot Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

See also

  • List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

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

  • [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137680 Oescus Island.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
  • Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
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