Oescus Island

Oescus Island (Bulgarian: остров Ескус, romanized: ostrov Eskus, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈɛskos]) 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.

Oescus Island

Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Oescus Island Location of Oescus Island Oescus Island Oescus Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°21′07″S 59°41′15.5″W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

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, 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.

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

Maps

• Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
• 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)
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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

External links

• Oescus Island. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.