Dinea Island
| Dinea Island | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 26 '40 " S , 59 ° 55' 9" W | |
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| length | 290 m | |
| width | 130 m | |
Dinea Island (English; Bulgarian остров Динея ostrow Dinea ) is a low, rocky, in north-northwest-south-southeast orientation 290 m long and 130 m wide island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 1.35 km west-northwest of Aprilov Point , 0.84 km east-northeast of Miletich Point , 0.88 km east of Kabile Island and 2 km southwest of Ongley Island off the north coast of Greenwich Island .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the ancient Roman camp Dinea in northeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Dinea Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)