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Cobalescou Island

Cobalescou Island

Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

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.

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Cobalescou Island, at the Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
  2. [2]
    Sorin Semeniuc (23 January 2008). "Cobălcescu Island" (in Romanian). Ieșeanul. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2012.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Cobalescou Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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