Ogygia Island


Ogygia Island is the 420 m long in west-east direction and 70 m wide rocky island separated by a 110 m wide passage from Hall Peninsula on the east side of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area 2 ha. It is part of the northeast coast of Ivaylo Cove. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after the mythical island Ogygia, home of the nymph Calypso.

Location

Ogygia Island is located at, which is 580 m south of Cacho Island, 6 km south-southwest of the northeast extremity of President Head, 12.15 km northeast of Cape Conway and 29.8 km northwest of Deception Island. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

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