Cobalescou Island
Cobalescou Island or Cobălcescu Island is a small snow-free island with two rounded summits, lying 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) east-southeast of Veyka Point, the south extremity of Two Hummock Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
  Cobalescou Island Location in Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 64°11′S 61°39′W |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
The island was discovered and named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99.[1] The established name appears to be a corrupted spelling. The toponym was suggested to Gerlache by Emil Racovitza, Romanian zoologist and botanist of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, for Romanian scholar Grigore Cobălcescu, a geologist of European reputation.[2]
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
- Cobalescou Island, at the Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Sorin Semeniuc (2008-01-23). "Cobălcescu Island" (in Romanian). Ieșeanul.
External links
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Cobalescou Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)