Knezha Island
| Knezha Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Pitt Islands , Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 21 '28 " S , 65 ° 22' 2" W | |
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| length | 800 m | |
| width | 360 m | |
Knezha Island (English; Bulgarian остров Кнежа ostrow Knescha ) is the northernmost island of the Pitt Islands in the Biscoe Islands archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . In a southwest-northeast orientation it is 800 m long, 360 m wide, is not icy and is 4.53 km northwest of Trundle Island , 0.78 km north-northwest of Ribnik Island and 2.62 km southeast of Bardell Rock .
British scientists mapped it in 1971. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2016 after the town of Knescha in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Knezha Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)