Kalotina Island
  Kalotina Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 64°18′38″S 63°40′18″W / 64.31056°S 63.67167°WCoordinates: 64°18′38″S 63°40′18″W / 64.31056°S 63.67167°W |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago |
| Administration | |
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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. 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
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Kalotina Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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