Rogulyat Island
Rogulyat Island | ||
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Waters | Krivina Bay | |
Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago | |
Geographical location | 63 ° 48 '47 " S , 60 ° 48' 38" W | |
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length | 350 m | |
width | 160 m |
Rogulyat Island (English; Bulgarian остров Рогулят ostrow Roguljat ) is a rocky, east-west orientation 350 m long and 160 m wide island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is the southernmost three islands in the Krivina Bay of Trinity Island and is located 2.5 km south of Lyon Peak and 2.1 km northeast of Romero Point . A 180 m wide passage separates it from Dink Island in the northeast .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it on 2013 after the town of Roguljat in northern Bulgaria .
Web links
- Rogulyat Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)