Cacho Island
Topographic map of Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands; Cacho Island is shown as linked to Snow Island by a tiny isthmus that exists no longer | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°49′57.4″S 61°28′35″W / 62.832611°S 61.47639°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Area | 19 ha (47 acres) |
| Length | 750 m (2460 ft) |
| Width | 350 m (1150 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Cacho Island (Bulgarian: остров Качо, romanized: ostrov Cacho, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈkat͡ʃo]) is the conspicuous 750 m long (250 m in east–west direction) and 350 m wide (100 m in north-south direction) rocky island separated by a 160 m wide passage from Aktinia Beach on the southwest coast of Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area 1.63 ha. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The feature is named after the Spanish physicist, polar explorer and author Javier Cacho Gómez, participant in the 1986/87 Spanish Antarctic expedition and base commander at Juan Carlos I base in subsequent seasons, for his contribution to the promotion of Antarctica and support for the Bulgarian Antarctic programme.