Beslen Island
| Beslen Island | ||
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| Waters | Osmar Strait | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 13 '18 " S , 62 ° 10' 57" W | |
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| length | 240 m | |
| width | 90 m | |
Beslen Island (English; Bulgarian остров Беслен ostrow Beslen ) is an east-west orientation 240 m long, 90 m wide and rocky island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 1.67 km northeast of Cape Wallace and 0.84 km north of Prisad Island off the north coast of Low Island .
British scientists mapped them in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2013 after the town of Beslen in southwestern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Beslen Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)