Kalotina Island

Kalotina Island

Location of Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 64°18′38″S 63°40′18″W / 64.31056°S 63.67167°W / -64.31056; -63.67167Coordinates: 64°18′38″S 63°40′18″W / 64.31056°S 63.67167°W / -64.31056; -63.67167
Archipelago Palmer Archipelago
Country
None
Demographics
Population 0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Kalotina Island (Bulgarian: остров Калотина, ‘Ostrov Kalotina’ \'os-trov ka-'lo-ti-na\) 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.

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References

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


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