Cobalescou Island

Cobalcescou Island

Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°11′S 61°39′W
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Country
Antarctica
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Cobalescou Island or Cobălcescu Island (64°11′S 61°39′W) is a small snow-free island with two rounded summits, lying 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Two Hummock Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered and named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. The established name appears to be a corrupted spelling. The toponym was suggested to Gerlache by Emil Racovitza, Romanian zoologist and botanist of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, for Romanian scholar Grigore Cobălcescu, a geologist of European reputation.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica