Koshava Island
Koshava Island | ||
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The Zed Islands (background) with Koshava Island (right) | ||
Waters | Drake Street | |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
Geographical location | 62 ° 25 ′ 59 ″ S , 60 ° 8 ′ 11 ″ W | |
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length | 800 m | |
width | 600 m |
Koshava Island (English; Bulgarian остров Кошава ostrow Koschawa ) is a 340 m long and 220 m wide island off the north coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is the most easterly of the Zed Islands and is 140 m northeast of Lesidren Island and 1.9 km north of Williams Point .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in the same year after the town of Koschawa in northwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Koshava Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)