Miladinovi Islets

Miladinovi Islets

Miladinovi Islets (on the left) from Zemen Knoll
Miladinovi Islets
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°28′26″S 60°20′28″W / 62.47389°S 60.34111°W / -62.47389; -60.34111Coordinates: 62°28′26″S 60°20′28″W / 62.47389°S 60.34111°W / -62.47389; -60.34111
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Area 11 ha (27 acres)[1]
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island

Miladinovi Islets (Miladinovi Ostrovi \mi-la-'di-no-vi 'o-stro-vi\) is a group of two small rocky islands, 500 by 370 m (550 by 400 yd) (surface area 11 hectares (27 acres)[1]), and 350 by 200 m (380 by 220 yd) respectively, situated 300 m (330 yd) south of Iratais Point on Desolation Island off the north coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica. The islands are separated from Desolation Island by Neck or Nothing Passage. The area was frequented by early nineteenth century English and American sealers operating from the adjacent Blythe Bay.

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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References

  1. 1 2 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

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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