Onogur Islands
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Onogur Islands is the group of nine islands and some islets and rocks adjacent to the northwest coast of Robert Island
in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. Situated between Carlota Cove
to the southwest and Clothier Harbour
to the northeast, and 700 m (765.5 yd) southeast of Cornwall Island
. The surface areas of the largest two islands are 11 hectares (27.2 acre) and 10 hectares (24.7 acre) respectively.
The island group is named after the settlement of Onogur in northeastern Bulgaria
in connection with the Onogur Bulgars
(5th-7th century).
Robert Island (South Shetland Islands)
Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island long and wide, situated between Nelson Island and Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Robert Island is located at . Surface area...
in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica. Situated between Carlota Cove
Carlota Cove
Carlota Cove is the 1.9 km wide cove indenting for 1.14 km the northwest coast of Alfatar Peninsula, Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica next east of Coppermine Peninsula, and entered between Fort William and Misnomer Point...
to the southwest and Clothier Harbour
Clothier Harbour
Clothier Harbour is the 1.5 km wide bay indenting for 1 km the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica between Hammer Point on the northeast and Onogur Islands on the southwest...
to the northeast, and 700 m (765.5 yd) southeast of Cornwall Island
Cornwall Island (Antarctica)
Cornwall Island is a low ice-free island off the north coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surface area . Mónica Rock is lying west of the island and north of Passage Rock, east of Table Island and south of Potmess Rocks...
. The surface areas of the largest two islands are 11 hectares (27.2 acre) and 10 hectares (24.7 acre) respectively.
The island group is named after the settlement of Onogur in northeastern Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
in connection with the Onogur Bulgars
Onogurs
The Onogurs, also known as Utigurs, were a horde of equestrian nomads in the North Eurasian steppe east of the Don River during the 5th to 8th centuries. The Onogurs crossed the Volga and entered into Europe around the year 460 within the larger context of the Great Migrations and the Turkic...
(5th-7th century).
Location
Onogur Islands are located at 62°21′07"S 59°41′00"W. British mapping in 1822 and 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, and Bulgarian in 2009.See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCARScientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science . It was established in February 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities that had begun during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58...
- Territorial claims in Antarctica