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Kalotina Island

Coordinates: 64°18′38″S 63°40′18″W / 64.31056°S 63.67167°W / -64.31056; -63.67167
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Kalotina Island
Kalotina Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Kalotina Island
Kalotina 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.[1]

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

Location

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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

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  • 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

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