Onogur Islands [SEP] continent
Onogur Islands
Onogur Islands (, ‘Onogurski ostrovi’ \o-no-'gur-ski 'os-tro-vi\) is the group of nine islands and some islets and rocks adjacent to the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The group is situated between Carlota Cove to the southwest and Clothier Harbour to the northeast, and southeast of Cornwall Island. Kovach Island and Grod Island, the largest two in the group, have a surface area of and respectively. The area was visited by early
19th century sealers based in Clothier Harbour.
The island group is named after the settlement of Onogur in northeastern Bulgaria in connection with the Onogurs (5th-7th century).
Islands in the Onogur group.
The group comprises the following islands:
- Churicheni Island
- Grod Island
- Kovach Island
- Leeve Island
- Oescus Island
- Osenovlag Island
- Redina Island
- Svetulka Island
- Vilare Island
Location.
Onogur Islands are centred at . British mapping in 1822 and 1968,