Korsis Island
| Korsis Island | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 44 '49 " S , 61 ° 29' 44" W | |
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| length | 300 m | |
| width | 180 m | |
Korsis Island (English; Bulgarian остров Корсис ostrow Korsis ) is a rocky island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands, 300 m long and 180 m wide in a southeast-northwest orientation . It is 0.75 km northeast of Byewater Point , 0.76 km east-northeast of Gergini Reef and 2.93 km southwest of Bizone Rock off the northwest coast of Snow Island .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2017 after the Bulgarian military leader Korsis from the 9th century .
Web links
- Korsis Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)