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Astrolabe Island

Index Astrolabe Island

Astrolabe Island is an island long, lying in the Bransfield Strait northwest of Cape Ducorps, Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 21 relations: Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Bransfield Strait, Chilean Antarctic Expedition, Damga, Drumohar, Duroch Islands, Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, French ship Astrolabe (1811), Gega, Bulgaria, Georges Papazoff, Graham Land, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Lafond Bay, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Petleshkovo, Rila, Rogach, Trinity Peninsula, Tupinier Islands, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee.

  2. Islands of Trinity Peninsula
  3. Trinity Peninsula

Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Bransfield Strait

Bransfield Strait or Fleet Sea (Estrecho de Bransfield, Mar de la Flota) is a body of water about wide extending for in a general northeast – southwest direction between the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Chilean Antarctic Expedition

The First Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1947–1948) was an expedition to Antarctica mounted by the Chilean government and military to enforce its territorial claims against British challenges, namely Operation Tabarin.

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Damga

Damga (Дамга) is a summit in the northwestern part of the Rila Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria reaching height of 2,669 m.

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Drumohar

Drumohar is a village in Nevestino Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria.

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Duroch Islands

The Duroch Islands are a group of islands and rocks which extend over an area of about, centred about off Cape Legoupil on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Astrolabe Island and Duroch Islands are islands of Graham Land and Trinity Peninsula.

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Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition

The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies and the Antarctic Peninsula which took place in the 1955–56 and 1956–57 southern summers.

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French ship Astrolabe (1811)

Astrolabe was originally a horse-transport barge converted into an exploration ship of the French Navy.

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Gega, Bulgaria

Gega (Гега) is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.

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Georges Papazoff

Georges Papazoff (Papasoff, Georges) (Георги Папазов) (2 February 1894, in Yambol – 23 April 1972, in Vence, Alpes-Maritimes) was a Bulgarian painter and writer.

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Graham Land

Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.

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Jules Dumont d'Urville

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica.

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Lafond Bay

Lafond Bay is a bay, wide, which lies south of the Cockerell Peninsula, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.

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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security.

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Petleshkovo

Petleshkovo is a village in General Toshevo Municipality, Dobrich Province, in northeastern Bulgaria.

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Rila

Rila (Рила) is the highest mountain range of Bulgaria, the Balkan Peninsula, and Southeast Europe.

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Rogach

Rogach is a village in Krumovgrad Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria.

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Trinity Peninsula

Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Tupinier Islands

The Tupinier Islands are a group of pyramid-shaped islands lying off the north coast of Trinity Peninsula, about west of Cape Ducorps. Astrolabe Island and Tupinier Islands are islands of Trinity Peninsula.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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See also

Islands of Trinity Peninsula

Trinity Peninsula

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe_Island

Also known as Damga Point, Diaz Rock, Dragons Teeth (Antarctica), Drumohar Peak, Gega Point, Kanarata Point, Mokren Bight, Papazov Island, Petleshkov Hill, Polich Island, Raduil Point, Rogach Peak, Sagita Island, Sherrell Point, Velcha Cove.