Krivus Island
| Krivus Island | ||
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| Waters | Johannessen Harbor | |
| Archipelago | Pitt Islands , Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 25 '53 " S , 65 ° 23' 5" W | |
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| length | 1.06 km | |
| width | 920 m | |
Krivus Island (English; Bulgarian остров Кривус ostrow Kriwus ) is a largely icy and east-west orientation 1.06 km long and 920 m wide island of the Pitt Islands in the archipelago of the Biscoe Islands off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 1.15 km south-southwest of Vaugondy Island , 1.23 km west of Jingle Island , 0.91 km north of Weller Island and 2.05 km east of Snodgrass Island in the eastern section of Johannessen Harbor .
British scientists mapped it in 1971. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the medieval Krivus fortress in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Krivus Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)