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Oescus Island

Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°21′07″S 59°41′15.5″W / 62.35194°S 59.687639°W / -62.35194; -59.687639
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Oescus Island (Bulgarian: остров Ескус, romanized: ostrov Eskus) is the low ice-free island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 380 m in southeast-northwest direction and 40 m wide. The feature comprises two parts connected by a spit, and is separated from Redina Island, Kovach Island and Leeve Island by passages 120 m, 160 m and 130 m wide respectively.

The island is named after the ancient Roman town of Oescus in Northern Bulgaria.

Location

Oescus Island is located at 62°21′07″S 59°41′15.5″W / 62.35194°S 59.687639°W / -62.35194; -59.687639, which is 1.42 km north of Misnomer Point and 890 m west of Shipot Point. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps

• 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 (Second edition 2010, ISBN: 978-954-92032-9-5)