Svetulka Island

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Svetulka Island
Waters Drake Street
Archipelago Onogur Islands , South Shetland Islands
Geographical location 62 ° 20 '49.7 "  S , 59 ° 40' 45.8"  W Coordinates: 62 ° 20 '49.7 "  S , 59 ° 40' 45.8"  W.
Svetulka Island (South Shetland Islands)
Svetulka Island
length 150 m
width 90 m

Svetulka Island (English; Bulgarian остров Светулка ostrow Swetulka ) is a rocky, 150 m long and 90 m wide island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is the northernmost of the Onogur Islands off the northwest coast of Robert Island and is 0.52 km northwest of Shipot Point , 1.3 km east-southeast of Cornwall Island and 1.74 km southeast of Rogozen Island . It is separated from Osenovlag Island by a 20 m wide strait .

British scientists mapped it in 1968, Bulgarian in 2009. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Swetulka in southern Bulgaria .

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