Leeve Island
| Leeve Island | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | Onogur Islands , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 21 '10 " S , 59 ° 40' 58.5" W | |
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| length | 200 m | |
| width | 80 m | |
Leeve Island (English; Bulgarian остров Лееве ostrow Leewe ) is a low, non-icy island in the South Shetland archipelago, 200 m long and 80 m wide in a southeast-northwest orientation . In the group of Onogur Islands off the northwest coast of Robert Island , it is 1.46 km north of Misnomer Point and 0.64 km west-southwest of Shipot Point . It is separated from Redina Island by a strait 80 m wide .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the Leewe River in the Bulgarian Rila Mountains .
Web links
- Leeve Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)