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 Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Redina Island Location of Redina Island  Redina Island Redina Island (Antarctic Peninsula) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°21′16″S 59°41′02″W / 62.35444°S 59.68389°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Redina Island (Bulgarian: остров Редина, romanized: ostrov Redina, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ˈrɛdinɐ]) is the ice-free island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 280 m in east-west direction and 130 m wide. It is separated from Robert Island by a 20 m wide passage.
The island is named after the settlement of Redina in Western Bulgaria.
Location
[edit]Redina Island is located at 62°21′16″S 59°41′02″W / 62.35444°S 59.68389°W, which is 1.22 km north of Misnomer Point and 760 m southwest of Shipot Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
See also
[edit]Maps
[edit]- Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4 (Second edition 2010, ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5)
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
[edit]- Redina Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
[edit]- Redina 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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