Redina Island
| Redina Island | ||
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| Waters | Drake Street | |
| Archipelago | Onogur Islands , South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 21 ′ 16 ″ S , 59 ° 41 ′ 2 ″ W | |
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| length | 280 m | |
| width | 130 m | |
Redina Island (English; Bulgarian остров Редина ostrow Redina ) is a non-icy island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands, 280 m long and 130 m wide in an east-west orientation . It is located in the group of Onogur Islands 1.22 km north of Misnomer Point and 0.76 km southwest of Shipot Point off the northwest coast of Robert Island , from which it is separated by a 20 m wide strait .
Bulgarian scientists mapped it in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Redina in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Redina Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)