St. Isidore Island

St. Isidore Island
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°26′18″S 67°05′41″W / 66.43833°S 67.09472°W
Archipelago	Biscoe Islands
Area	60.3 ha (149 acres)
Length	1.65 km (1.025 mi)
Width	890 m (2920 ft)
Administration
	Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

St. Isidore Island (Bulgarian: остров Св. Исидор, romanized: ostrov Sv. Isidor, IPA: [ˈɔstrof svɛˈti isiˈdɔr]) is the ice-covered island 1.65 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 890 m wide in the Barcroft group of Biscoe Islands. Its surface area is 60.3 ha.^[1]

The feature is named after St. Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636), the patron saint of internet and computer users, programmers and technicians.^[1]

Location[]

St. Isidore Island is located at

66°26′18″S 67°05′41″W / 66.43833°S 67.09472°WCoordinates:

66°26′18″S 67°05′41″W / 66.43833°S 67.09472°W, which is 2.4 km northeast of Bedford Island, 330 m east-northeast of Chakarov Island, 1.5 km southeast of St. Brigid Island and 1.9 km south of Irving 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

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b St. Isidore Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

References[]

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

External links[]

St. Isidore Island. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

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

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[CGA-1] St. Isidore Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

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