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Location of Robert Island in the Shetland Island
Onogur Islands is located in Antarctica
Onogur Islands
Onogur Islands
Location in Antarctica
Onogur Islands is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Onogur Islands
Onogur Islands
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Onogur Islands
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°21′07″S 59°41′00″W / 62.35194°S 59.68333°W / -62.35194; -59.68333
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Livingston-Island-Map-2010
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Onogur Islands (Bulgarian: Оногурски острови, ‘Onogurski ostrovi’ \o-no-'gur-ski 'os-tro-vi\) is the group of nine islands and some islets and rocks adjacent to the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The group is situated between Carlota Cove to the southwest and Clothier Harbour to the northeast, and 700 m (770 yd) southeast of Cornwall Island. Kovach Island and Grod Island, the largest two in the group, have a surface area of 11 hectares (27 acres) and 10 hectares (25 acres) respectively. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers based in Clothier Harbour.

The island group is named after the settlement of Onogur in northeastern Bulgaria in connection with the Onogurs (5th-7th century).

Islands in the Onogur group

The group comprises the following islands:

Location

Onogur Islands are centred at 62°21′07″S 59°41′00″W / 62.35194°S 59.68333°W / -62.35194; -59.68333. British mapping in 1822 and 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009.

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