Masteyra Island
| Masteyra Island | ||
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| Waters | Perrier Bay | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 22 '32 " S , 63 ° 41' 47" W | |
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| length | 700 m | |
| width | 200 m | |
Masteyra Island (English; Bulgarian остров Мастейра ostrow Mastejra ) is an east-west facing 700 m long and 200 m wide island in Perrier Bay on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is 7.55 km northeast of Giard Point and 6.58 km south of Quinton Point . A 1.13 km wide passage separates it from the banks of Perrier Bay to the east-southeast .
British scientists mapped it in 1980. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it on 2013 after the Thracian settlement and fortress of Mastejra in southern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Masteyra Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)