Pasarel Island
| Pasarel Island | ||
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| Waters | English Strait | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 23 '50 " S , 59 ° 46' 30" W | |
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| length | 450 m | |
| width | 260 m | |
Pasarel Island (English; Bulgarian остров Пасарел ostrow Passarel ; in the United Kingdom Gorziglia Island ) is a 450 m long and 260 m wide island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . In the group of Aitcho Islands in the English Strait is 0.9 km northwest of Barrientos Island , 1.35 km northeast of Sierra Island and 0.65 km southeast of Emeline Island .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in the same year after the village of Dolni Passarel in western Bulgaria . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the Chilean captain Hugo Gorziglia Antolini, from 2002 to 2012 chairman of the Antarctic Commission of the International Hydrographic Organization .
Web links
- Pasarel Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)