- Cobalcescou Island
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Cobalcescou Island Geography Location Antarctica Coordinates 64°11′S 61°39′W / 64.183°S 61.65°W Archipelago Palmer Archipelago Country Demographics Population 0 Additional information Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System Cobalescou Island (64°11′S 61°39′W / 64.183°S 61.65°W) is a small snow-free island with two rounded summits, lying 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Two Hummock Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Discovered and named by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. 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 Cobalcescu, a geologist of European reputation.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCAR
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
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