Pisanitsa Island facts for kids
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
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| Population | Uninhabited |
Pisanitsa Island (Bulgarian: остров Писаница) is the rocky island in the Meade group off Archar Peninsula, the northwest extremity of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 270 m in southwest-northeast direction and 60 m wide. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The island is named after the settlement of Pisanitsa in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Pisanitsa Island is located 1.26 km west by north of Duff Point, 120 m northeast of Cave Island and 3.6 km southeast of Pyramid Island. 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)
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