- Source: Kabile Island
Kabile Island (Bulgarian: остров Кабиле, romanized: ostrov Kabile, IPA: [ˈɔstrof kɐbiˈlɛ]) is an Antarctic island extending 700 m (770 yd) in south–north direction and 450 m (490 yd) wide, situated off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 19 hectares (47 acres).
Named after the ancient Thracian town of Kabile near the present Bulgarian city of Yambol.
Location
The island is located at 62°26′30″S 59°56′33″W which is 950 m (1,040 yd) east of Pavlikeni Point, 1 km (0.62 mi) north of Crutch Peaks, 200 m (220 yd) northwest of Miletich Point, and 2.5 km (1.6 mi) west-southwest of Ongley Island (Chilean mapping in 1966, British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009).
See also
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
SCAR
Territorial claims in Antarctica
Maps
L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005
L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
Notes
References
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
Kabile Island. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kabile Island
- Kabile
- List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
- Ongley Island
- Dinea Island
- Bulgarian toponyms in Antarctica (K)
- Miletich Point
- Philippines
- Crutch Peaks
- Rabisha Rocks
