Svetulka Island
Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 62°20′49.7″S 59°40′45.8″W / 62.347139°S 59.679389°W |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
Svetulka Island (
Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is rocky, extending 150 by 90 metres (490 by 300 ft), and separated from Osenovlag Island by a 20-metre (66 ft) wide passage. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers
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The island is named after the settlement of Svetulka in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Svetulka Island is located at 62°20′49.7″S 59°40′45.8″W / 62.347139°S 59.679389°W, which is 520 metres (1,710 ft) northwest of Shipot Point, 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) east-southeast of Cornwall Island and 1.74 kilometres (1.08 mi) southeast of Rogozen Island. Measurements are based on British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
See also
Maps
- Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5)
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
- Svetulka Island. Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
- Svetulka Island. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.