Phanagoria Island [SEP] continent
Phanagoria Island
Phanagoria Island (, ‘Ostrov Fanagoriya’ \'os-trov fa-na-'go-ri-ya\) is the third largest island in the Zed group off the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The island is ice-free, extending with surface area . Separated from the neighbouring Esperanto Island and Lesidren Island by channels wide respectively. Situated northwest of Williams Point. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The island is named after the town of Phanagoria in Old
"The unusual nature of the Taman peninsula near Phanagoria, with its ravines, crevices, hills, and low cones of active volcanoes, must have impressed the ancient colonists even more than it impresses us today", Yulia Ustinova has observed.
In the 5th century BC, the town thrived on the trade with the Scythians and Sindi. Located on an island in the ancient archipelago of Corocondamitis, between the Black Sea and the Palus Maeotis, Phanagoria covered an area of of which one third has been submerged by the sea