Bablon Island
| Bablon Island | ||
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| Waters | Leroux Bay and Macrobius Cove | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 36 ′ 36 ″ S , 64 ° 9 ′ 32 ″ W | |
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| length | 1.15 km | |
| width | 400 m | |
Bablon Island (English; Bulgarian остров Баблон ostrow Bablon ) is a southeast-northwestern extension 1.15 km long, 0.4 km wide and ice-free island off the Graham coast of Graham land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located off the west coast of the Barison Peninsula or in the approach from Leroux Bay to Macrobius Cove and is separated from Eijkman Point to the south by a 200 m wide strait .
British scientists mapped it in 1971. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Bablon in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Bablon Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)