Svetulka Island
 Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands. | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°20′49.7″S 59°40′45.8″W / 62.347139°S 59.679389°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Country | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Svetulka Island (Bulgarian: остров Светулка, ‘Ostrov Svetulka’ \'os-trov sve-'tul-ka\) is the northernmost island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands. The feature is rocky, extending 150 m by 90 m, and separated from Osenovlag Island by a 20 m wide passage. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The island is named after the settlement of Svetulka in Southern Bulgaria.
Location
Svetulka Island is located at 62°20′49.7″S 59°40′45.8″W / 62.347139°S 59.679389°W, which is 520 m northwest of Shipot Point, 1.3 km east-southeast of Cornwall Island and 1.74 km southeast of Rogozen Island. British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian mapping in 2009.
Maps
- Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4 (Second edition 2010, ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5)
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2012.
References
- Svetulka Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.