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from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
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Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
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Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
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Elephant Island: From a survey by the Joint Services Expedition, December 1970.
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Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
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Scale 1:132000 topographic map. Royal Geographical Society (UK), 1972.
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The feature is named after the Greek mathematician and geographer
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South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands.
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Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839.
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Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c.
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Elephant Island
South Shetland Islands

Elephant Island
Bulgarian
romanized
['nɔsɛrɐto'stɛn]
Digges Cove
Elephant Island
South Shetland Islands
Antarctica
terminus
Snellius Glacier
sealers
Eratosthenes
geodetic
61°05′39″S 55°03′24″W / 61.09417°S 55.05667°W / -61.09417; -55.05667
Cape Yelcho
Point Wild
Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c.
Elephant Island: From a survey by the Joint Services Expedition, December 1970.
British Antarctic Territory.
South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission
basic data
Eratosthenes Point.

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