Treklyano Island
| Treklyano Island | ||
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| Waters | Nelson Strait | |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 22 '4 " S , 59 ° 24' 35" W | |
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| length | 330 m | |
| width | 250 m | |
Treklyano Island (English; Bulgarian остров Трекляно ostrow Trekljano ) is a 330 m long and 250 m wide island off the northeast coast of Robert Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is 3.8 km northwest of Kitchen Point and 6.6 km southeast of Newell Point .
Bulgarian scientists mapped them in 2008. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in the same year after the town of Trekljano in western Bulgaria .
Web links
- Treklyano Island in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)