Jump to content

Pordim Islands

Coordinates: 62°18′41″S 59°39′33″W / 62.31139°S 59.65917°W / -62.31139; -59.65917
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pordim Islands
Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Pordim Islands is located in Antarctica
Pordim Islands
Pordim Islands
Location of Pordim Islands
Pordim Islands is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Pordim Islands
Pordim Islands
Pordim Islands (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°18′41″S 59°39′33″W / 62.31139°S 59.65917°W / -62.31139; -59.65917
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Area10 ha (25 acres)[1]
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Pordim Islands (Bulgarian: острови Пордим, ‘Ostrovi Pordim’ 'os-tro-vi 'por-dim) are two adjacent islands situated 870 m (950 yd) east-northeast of Heywood Island and 2.1 km (1.3 mi) northwest of Catharina Point on Robert Island, South Shetland Islands. Extending 960 m (1,050 yd) in east-southeast to west-northwest direction. The larger islet has a surface area of 10 hectares (25 acres).[1] Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the town of Pordim in northern Bulgaria.

62°18′41″S 59°39′33″W / 62.31139°S 59.65917°W / -62.31139; -59.65917

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
[edit]
[edit]

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

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.