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| − | '''Cobalcescu Island''' of '''Cobalcescu Islet''' is a small snow-free island with two rounded summits, lying almost a mile east-southeast of | + | '''Cobalcescu Island''' of '''Cobalcescu Islet''' is a small snow-free island with two rounded summits, lying almost a mile east-southeast of the southern extremity of [[Two Hummock Island]] in the [[Palmer Archipelago]] of the [[British Antarctic Territory]]. |
The island was discovered and named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99. The names 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ieseanul.gandul.info/saptamanal/cobalcescu-island-2348505|title=Cobălcescu Island|publisher=Ieșeanul|author=Sorin Semeniuc|date=2008-01-23|language=Romanian}}</ref> | The island was discovered and named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99. The names 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ieseanul.gandul.info/saptamanal/cobalcescu-island-2348505|title=Cobălcescu Island|publisher=Ieșeanul|author=Sorin Semeniuc|date=2008-01-23|language=Romanian}}</ref> | ||
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Cobalcescu Island of Cobalcescu Islet is a small snow-free island with two rounded summits, lying almost a mile east-southeast of the southern extremity of Two Hummock Island in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory.
The island was discovered and named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99. The names 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.[1]
The island was resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Norsel in April 1955 and photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956.
References
- ↑ Sorin Semeniuc (2008-01-23). "Cobălcescu Island" (in Romanian). Ieșeanul. http://ieseanul.gandul.info/saptamanal/cobalcescu-island-2348505.
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Cobalcescu Island
