Zverino Island | |
Image Map Caption: | Location of McFarlane-Strait in the South Shetland Islands |
Pushpin Map: | Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula |
Pushpin Map Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location on Antarctic Peninsula##Location in Antarctica |
Location: | Antarctica |
Coordinates: | -62.4525°N -60.0736°W |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Zverino Island (bg|остров Зверино|ostrov Zverino, pronounced as /bg/) is the largest and westernmost island in the Meade group lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is extending by, with surface area of 48ha,[1] and is snow-free in summer.
The island is named after the settlement of Zverino in Western Bulgaria.
Zverino Island is located is east of Williams Point and northeast of Ficheto Point on Livingston Island, west of Duff Point on Greenwich Island, and is separated from neighbouring Cave Island to the east-northeast by the 110m (360feet) wide Glogovo Passage. British mapping in 1935 and 1968, Chilean in 1971, Argentine in 1980, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.