Soatris Island

{{Short description|Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica}}

Soatris Island ({{langx|bg|остров Соатрис|ostrov Soatris}}, {{IPA|bg|ˈɔstrof suˈatris|IPA}}) is the rocky island off the northwest coast of Pasteur Peninsula on Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, which extends 400 m in east-southeast to west-northwest direction and is 200 m wide.

The island is named after the ancient Roman settlement of Soatris in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location

Soatris Island is located at {{coord|64|02|00|S|62|34|23|W|display=inline,title}}, which is 5 km west-southwest of Cape Roux, 800 m north of Metchnikoff Point and 9.6 km north by east of Claude Point. British mapping in 1980 and 2008.

Maps

[http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20141209160123/https://www1.data.antarctica.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=3217 British Antarctic Territory.] Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20170703122914/https://data.aad.gov.au/database/mapcat/british/brabant_argentine_is_BAS_map13489.jpg Brabant Island to Argentine Islands.] Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.

References

[http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)
[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137982 Soatris Island.] SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

[https://copernix.io/#?where=-62.57305600000001,-64.033333,16&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Soatris Island.] Copernix satellite image

File:Brabant-Island.png from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Pasteur Peninsula is seen as the nearest part of the island on the right.]]

Category:Islands of the Palmer Archipelago

Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic