Kalotina Island (Bulgarian: остров Калотина, romanized: ostrov Kalotina, IPA: [ˈɔstrof kɐˈɫɔtinɐ]) is a rocky island lying 470 m north of Quinton Point, Goten Peninsula on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature is 630 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 350 m wide, and separated from Temenuga Island to the east by a 140 m wide passage.[1]
  Kalotina Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 64°18′38″S 63°40′18″W / 64.31056°S 63.67167°W |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
The island is named after the settlement of Kalotina in Western Bulgaria.
Location
editKalotina Island is located at 64°18′38″S 63°40′18″W / 64.31056°S 63.67167°W. British mapping in 1980.
Maps
edit- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
edit- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Kalotina Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
External links
edit- Kalotina Island. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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