Raklitsa Island
| Raklitsa Island | ||
|---|---|---|
| Waters | Boisguehenneuc Bay ( Liège Island ) | |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 58 '43 " S , 61 ° 51' 16" W | |
|
||
| length | 350 m | |
| width | 120 m | |
Raklitsa Iceland (English, Bulgarian остров Раклица ostrow Rakliza ) is an east-west orientation of 350 long and 120 m wide m island in the Boisguehenneuc Bay of Liège Iceland in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 2.7 km southwest of Moureaux Point , 5.38 km east-northeast of Bebresh Point and 0.65 km from the shore of the bay.
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Rakliza in southeastern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Raklitsa Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)