Chukovezer Island | |
Map: | Antarctic Peninsula |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -64.6517°N -64.245°W |
Archipelago: | Palmer Archipelago |
Population: | 0 |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Chukovezer Island (bg|остров Чуковезер|ostrov Chukovezer, pronounced as /bg/) is the rocky island lying 700m (2,300feet) off the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature is 1.22km (00.76miles) long in southeast-northwest direction and 460m (1,510feet) wide.
The island is named after the settlement of Chukovezer in Western Bulgaria.
Chukovezer Island is located at -64.6517°N -64.245°W, 7.22km (04.49miles) north by east of Cape Monaco and 6.8km (04.2miles) south of Gerlache Point. British mapping in 1974.