Emen Island

Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

64°32′03″S 64°01′14″W / 64.53417°S 64.02056°W / -64.53417; -64.02056ArchipelagoPalmer ArchipelagoAdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulation0

Emen Island (Bulgarian: остров Емен, romanized: ostrov Emen, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈɛmɛn]) is a rocky island in the southwest part of Hamburg Bay on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature is 920 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 580 m wide, and is separated from Anvers Island to the south and Petrelik Island to the northwest by 570 m and 160 m wide passages respectively.

The island is named after the village of Emen in Bulgaria.

Location

Emen Island is located at 64°32′03″S 64°01′14″W / 64.53417°S 64.02056°W / -64.53417; -64.02056, 10.45 km northeast of Gerlache Point and 8.77 km southwest of Bonnier Point. British mapping in 1974.

Maps

Anvers Island and Brabant Island. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. BAS 250 Series, Sheet SQ 19-20/3&4. London, 1974.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
Emen Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.