Miladinovi Islets
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Miladinovi Islets (Miladinovi Ostrovi \mi-la-'di-no-vi 'o-stro-vi\) is a group of two small rocky islands, 500 by 370 m, and 350 by 200 m respectively, situated 300 m south of Iratais Point on Desolation Island off the north coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica. Separated from Desolation Island by Neck or Nothing Passage. The area was frequented by English and American sealers in the early nineteenth century.
Named after the Bulgarian poets and folklorists from Macedonia Dimitar Miladinov (1810-62) and Konstantin Miladinov (1830-62), popular as ‘Miladinovi Brothers’.
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- L.L. Ivanov et al, Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution), Scale 1:100000 map, Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia, 2005
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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
