Ofelia Island
| Ofelia Island | ||
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| Waters | Ambush Bay | |
| Archipelago | Joinville Islands ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 11 ′ 18 ″ S , 55 ° 29 ′ 50 ″ W | |
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| length | 560 m | |
| width | 270 m | |
Ofelia Island (English, Bulgarian остров Офелия ostrow Ofelija ) is a southeast-northwestern extension 560 m long and 270 m wide island in the group of Joinville Islands off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . In Ambush Bay on the north coast of Joinville Island , it is 3.18 km south-southwest of King Point , 4.72 km west-southwest of Dalrymple Point and 7.9 km north-northeast of the Taylor Nunatakker .
British scientists mapped them in 1973. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2018 after the Bulgarian trawler Ofelia , who had been fishing the waters around South Georgia from September 1977 to April 1978 under Captain Nikola Levenov .
Web links
- Ofelia Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)