Kalotina Island

Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

64°18′38″S 63°40′18″W / 64.31056°S 63.67167°W / -64.31056; -63.67167ArchipelagoPalmer ArchipelagoAdministrationAdministered under the Antarctic Treaty SystemDemographicsPopulation0

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]

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
  • Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
  • Kalotina Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

  • 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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