Dink Island

Dink Island

Location of Trinity Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 63°48′33″S 60°48′14″W / 63.80917°S 60.80389°W / -63.80917; -60.80389Coordinates: 63°48′33″S 60°48′14″W / 63.80917°S 60.80389°W / -63.80917; -60.80389
Archipelago Palmer Archipelago
Country
None
Demographics
Population 0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Dink Island (Bulgarian: остров Динк, ‘Ostrov Dink’ \'os-trov 'dink\) is the central in the group of three rocky islands in Krivina Bay on the west coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The feature is 610 m long in northeast-southwest direction and 320 m wide.

The island is named after the settlement of Dink in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Dink Island is located at 63°48′33″S 60°48′14″W / 63.80917°S 60.80389°W / -63.80917; -60.80389, 1.87 km south of Lyon Peak and 2.47 km northeast of Romero Point, and is separated from Imelin Island to the north-northeast and Rogulyat Island to the southwest by 120 m and 180 m wide passages respectively. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

References

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


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