Polich Island
| Polich Island | ||
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| Waters | Bransfield Street | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 17 ′ 17 ″ S , 58 ° 40 ′ 29 ″ W | |
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| length | 250 m | |
| width | 100 m | |
Polich Island (English; Bulgarian остров Полич ostrow Politsch ) is a rocky, in southeast-northwest orientation 250 m long and 100 m wide island off the northeast coast of Astrolabe Island northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 90 m northeast of Kanarata Point , 460 m north-northwest of Sagita Island and 2.08 km north-northeast of Drumohar Peak .
German and British scientists mapped it together in 1996. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2018 after two peaks in the Bulgarian Rila Mountains .
Web links
- Polich Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)