Dinea Island facts for kids
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
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 Dinea Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Dinea Island
Location in Antarctica
Location of Dinea Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°26′40″S 59°55′09″W / 62.44444°S 59.91917°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Dinea Island (also known as Bulgarian: остров Динея, romanized: ostrov Dinea in Bulgarian) is a small, flat, and rocky island. It is located just off the north coast of Greenwich Island. This island is part of the South Shetland Islands, which are found near Antarctica.
Dinea Island stretches about 290 meters (950 feet) from north to south. It is also about 130 meters (425 feet) wide. In the early 1800s, explorers and seal hunters visited this area. The island gets its name from an old Roman fortress called Dinea. This fortress is located in Northeastern Bulgaria.
Where is Dinea Island?
Dinea Island is located at coordinates 62°26′40″S 59°55′09″W / 62.44444°S 59.91917°W. It is about 1.35 kilometers (0.84 miles) west-northwest of Aprilov Point. The island is also 840 meters (0.52 miles) east-northeast of Miletich Point. You can find it 880 meters (0.55 miles) east of Kabile Island. It is also 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) southwest of Ongley Island. Bulgarian experts mapped this area in 2009.
Maps of the Area
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. This is a detailed topographic map. It has a scale of 1:120000. It was published in Troyan by the Manfred Wörner Foundation in 2009. ISBN: 978-954-92032-6-4 (A second edition came out in 2010, ISBN: 978-954-92032-9-5).
