Temenuga Island
Location of Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago |
| Length | 0.62 km (0.385 mi) |
| Width | 0.45 km (0.28 mi) |
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| Population | 0 |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Temenuga Island (Bulgarian: остров Теменуга, ‘Ostrov Temenuga’ \'os-trov te-me-'nu-ga\) is a rocky island lying 660 m northeast of Quinton Point, Goten Peninsula on the northwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Temenuga is 620 m long by 450 m wide, and is separated from Kalotina Island to the west by a 140 m wide passage.
The island is named after the settlements of Temenuga in Northern and Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Temenuga Island is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. British mapping in 1980.
Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1980.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
- Temenuga Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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