Alino Island
| Rabot Island | ||
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| Waters | Grandidier Canal | |
| Archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 32 '32 " S , 65 ° 37' 28" W | |
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| length | 1.2 km | |
| width | 580 m | |
Alino Island (English; Bulgarian остров Алино ostrow Alino ) is a southwest-northeast orientation 1.2 km long and 580 m wide island in the archipelago of the Biscoe Islands west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 1 km south-southeast of Tula Point at the northern end of Renaud Island .
British scientists mapped it in 1971. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Alino in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Alino Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)