Zebil Island

Zebil Island (Bulgarian: остров Зебил, romanized: ostrov Zebil, IPA: [ˈɔstrov ˈzɛbiɫ]) is the rocky island off the northwest coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 510 m in east-southeast to west-northwest direction and 340 m wide.

Zebil Island
Location of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands
Zebil Island
Location of Zebil Island
Zebil Island
Zebil Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates63°14′03″S 62°13′16″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

The feature is named after the settlement of Zebil in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Zebil Island is located 440 m southwest of Cape Wallace and 1.3 km north-northeast of Fernandez Point. British mapping in 2009.

Maps

  • South Shetland Islands: Smith and Low Islands. Scale 1:150000 topographic map No. 13677. British Antarctic Survey, 2009
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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