Toledo Island
| Toledo Island | ||
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| Waters | Smyadovo Cove | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 37 ′ 29 " S , 61 ° 18 ′ 4" W | |
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| length | 320 m | |
| width | 110 m | |
Toledo Island (English; Bulgarian остров Толедо ostrow Toledo ) is an east-west orientation 320 m long and 110 m wide island off the west coast of Rugged Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . Along with Prosechen Island, it is the southernmost of the two rocky islands in Smyadovo Cove and is 1.23 km south of Cape Sheffield and 0.3 km north to west of Ugain Point . A 60 m wide passage separates it from Prosechen Island southeast of it, and a 40 m wide passage from the bank of Smyadovo Cove .
Spanish scientists mapped it in 1992, the Bulgarian in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named the island in 2013 after the Spanish captain Joaquín de Toledo y Parra (1780–1819), commander on board the warship San Telmo , which on September 4, 1819 with the supposedly 644-strong crew on board had sunk off the north coast of Livingston Island .
Web links
- Toledo Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)