St. Brigid Island

St. Brigid Island

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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°25′06″S 67°07′35″W / 66.41833°S 67.12639°W / -66.41833; -67.12639
Archipelago	Biscoe Islands
Area	222 ha (550 acres)
Length	2.7 km (1.68 mi)
Width	1.4 km (0.87 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

St. Brigid Island (Bulgarian: остров Св. Бригита, romanized: ostrov Sv. Brigita, IPA: [ˈɔstrof svɛˈta briˈɡitɐ]) is the ice-covered island 2.7 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 1.4 km wide, largest in the Barcroft group of Biscoe Islands. Its surface area is 222 ha.^[1]

It is named after St. Brigid of Kildare (c. 451–525), the patron saint of scholars.^[1]

Location[]

St. Brigid Island is located at

66°25′06″S 67°07′35″W / 66.41833°S 67.12639°W / -66.41833; -67.12639Coordinates: 66°25′06″S 67°07′35″W / 66.41833°S 67.12639°W / -66.41833; -67.12639, which is 1.28 km south of Watkins Island, 1.18 km west of Irving Island, 3.9 km north of Bedford Island and 3 km southeast of Belding Island, based on 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[]

• St. Brigid Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

External links[]

• St. Brigid Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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