Buromskiy Island [SEP] continent
Buromskiy Island
Buromskiy Island is a small island lying south of Haswell Island in the Haswell Islands of Antarctica. About 200 m long and 100 m wide, it was discovered and mapped by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, 1911–14. It was photographed by the Soviet expedition of 1958 and named for N.I. Buromskiy, expedition hydrographer who lost his life in the Antarctic in 1957. It lies 2.7 km north of Mabus Point, the site of Russia's Mirny Station.
Historic sites and monuments.
Historic sites and monuments Buromskiy Island Cemetery.
The island holds a cemetery for several citizens of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic and Switzerland who died in the performance of their duties while serving as members of Soviet and Russian Antarctic expeditions. It has been designated a Historic Site or Monument (HSM 9) following a proposal by Russia to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.
Historic sites and monuments Ivan Khmara's Stone.
A stone with an inscribed plaque commemorates Ivan Khmara, a driver-mechanic with the first