Komuniga Island
| Komuniga Island | ||
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| Waters | Bigo Bay | |
| Archipelago | Correo Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 43 '27 " S , 64 ° 23' 37" W | |
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| length | 1.3 km | |
| width | 1.1 km | |
Komuniga Island (English; Bulgarian остров Комунига ostrow Komuniga ) is an icy, southeast-northwest orientation 1.3 km long and 1.1 km wide island 1.3 km off the Graham coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is the southernmost of the Correo Islands in Bigo Bay and is located southwest of the Magnier Peninsula and 0.5 km southeast of Baurene Island .
British scientists mapped it in 1971. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2015 after the town of Komuniga in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Komuniga Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)