Chorny Island
| Chorny Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Highjump Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 5 ′ S , 100 ° 40 ′ E | |
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The Tschorny Island ( Russian О́стров Чёрный , Ostrow Tschorny ; English Chërnyy Island ) is a small island in the Highjump Archipelago , which is about 800 m south of the eastern end of Thomas Island off the coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland .
It was first mapped using aerial photographs from Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The designation for the black ( Russian чёрный , transliteration Černyj, transcription Tschorny ) rock of the island goes to participants of the Second Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956-1958) back.
Web links
- Chërnyy Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chërnyy Island on geographic.org (English)