Tambra Island

Tambra Island (, ) is a mostly ice-covered island in the Pitt group of Biscoe Islands, Antarctica. The feature is 1.17 km long in southwest–northeast direction and 700 m wide, and is separated from the adjacent Jingle Island to the northeast by a 60 m wide passage.

The island is named after Tambra Hill in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Tambra Island is located at , 700 m northeast of Weller Island and 730 m east-southeast of Krivus Island. British mapping in 1971.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory: Graham Coast. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1971.
• 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)
• Tambra Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

• Tambra Island. Copernix satellite image