Pisanitsa Island

Pisanitsa Island (Bulgarian: остров Писаница, romanized: ostrov Pisanitsa, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈpisɐnit͡sɐ]) is the rocky island in the Meade group off Archar Peninsula, the northwest extremity of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 270 m in southwest-northeast direction and 60 m wide. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Pisanitsa Island

Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Pisanitsa Island Location of Pisanitsa Island Pisanitsa Island Pisanitsa Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°26′48″S 60°03′14.5″W
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Administration
Antarctica
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

The island is named after the settlement of Pisanitsa in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Pisanitsa Island is located 1.26 km west by north of Duff Point, 120 m northeast of Cave Island and 3.6 km southeast of Pyramid Island. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps

• Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4 (Second edition 2010, ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5)
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

• Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
• Pisanitsa Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

• Pisanitsa Island. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands