Kereka Island
| Kereka Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Pitt Islands , Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 29 ′ 38 " S , 65 ° 25 ′ 20" W | |
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| length | 1.75 km | |
| width | 580 m | |
Kereka Iceland (English, Bulgarian остров Керека ostrow Kereka ) is a mostly vereise long and 580 m wide km in south-northwest orientation 1,75 island in the archipelago of Biscoe Islands off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the group of Pitt Islands , it is 3.15 km south of Snodgrass Island and 4.4 km northwest of Lacuna Island . It is separated from the neighboring island of Slumkey Island by an 80 m wide passage to the west-southwest .
British scientists mapped it in 1971. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Kereka in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Kereka Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)