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Pindarev Island

Location of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°36′57.6″S 61°17′07″W / 62.616000°S 61.28528°W / -62.616000; -61.28528
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Area	1.9 ha (4.7 acres)
Length	250 m (820 ft)
Width	115 m (377 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Map of Byers Peninsula featuring Pindarev Island

Pindarev Island (Bulgarian: Пиндарев остров, romanized: Pindarev ostrov) is the 250 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 115 m wide flat rocky island in Nishava Cove separated from the north coast of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands by a 35 m wide passage. Its surface area is 1.9 ha. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The feature is named after the Bulgarian cartoonist Tenyu Pindarev (1921–2010), for his contribution to the promotion of Antarctica.

Location

Pindarev Island is located at 62°36′57.6″S 61°17′07″W / 62.616000°S 61.28528°W / -62.616000; -61.28528, which is 590 m east-southeast of Cape Sheffield and 950 m west of Chiprovtsi Point. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

Maps

• L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN: 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN: 978-954-92032-6-4)
• L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN: 978-619-90008-3-0