Pindarev Island


Pindarev Island is the 250 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 115 m wide flat rocky island in Nishava Cove separated from the north coast of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands by a 35 m wide passage. Its surface area is 1.9 ha. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after the Bulgarian cartoonist Tenyu Pindarev, for his contribution to the promotion of Antarctica.

Location

Pindarev Island is located at, which is 590 m east-southeast of Cape Sheffield and 950 m west of Chiprovtsi Point. Detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

Maps