Alcheh Island

Alcheh Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°24′47″S 67°05′30″W / 66.41306°S 67.09167°W / -66.41306; -67.09167
Archipelago	Biscoe Islands
Area	21.72 ha (53.7 acres)
Length	900 m (3000 ft)
Width	340 m (1120 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Alcheh Island (Bulgarian: остров Алшех, romanized: ostrov Alcheh, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ɐɫˈʃɛx]) is the ice-covered island in the Barcroft group of Biscoe Islands in Antarctica 900 m long in south-southwest to north-northeast direction and 340 m wide. Its surface area is 21.72 ha.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian Argentine architect Deiana Alcheh for her support for the infrastructure development of the Bulgarian Antarctic base.

Location[]

Alcheh Island is centred at

66°24′47″S 67°05′30″W / 66.41306°S 67.09167°W / -66.41306; -67.09167Coordinates: 66°24′47″S 67°05′30″W / 66.41306°S 67.09167°W / -66.41306; -67.09167,^[1] which is 1.95 km southeast of Watkins Island, 305 m west of Irving Island and 500 m east of St. Brigid Island. British mapping in 1976.

Maps[]

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1976
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated

See also[]

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

Notes[]

References[]

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links[]

• Alcheh Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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