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Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

Kalotina Island
Kalotina Island is located in Antarctic PeninsulaKalotina IslandKalotina Island
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°18′38″S 63°40′18″W / 64.31056°S 63.67167°W / -64.31056; -63.67167
ArchipelagoPalmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population0

Kalotina Island (Bulgarian: остров Калотина, romanizedostrov 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.

The island is named after the settlement of Kalotina in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Kalotina Island is located at 64°18′38″S 63°40′18″W / 64.31056°S 63.67167°W / -64.31056; -63.67167. British mapping in 1980.

Maps

  • 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

  1. Kalotina Island, Antarctica

External links

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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