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Kabile Island

Kabile Island from English Strait, with Hrabar Nunatak, Greenwich Island and Sharp Peak, Livingston Island in the background
Location of Kabile Island
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°26′30″S 59°56′33″W / 62.44167°S 59.94250°W / -62.44167; -59.94250
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Area	19 ha (47 acres)
Length	0.7 km (0.43 mi)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Kabile Island (Bulgarian: остров Кабиле, romanized: ostrov Kabile) is an Antarctic island extending 700 m (770 yd) in south–north direction and 450 m (490 yd) wide, situated off the north coast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It has a surface area of 19 hectares (47 acres).

Named after the ancient Thracian town of Kabile near the present Bulgarian city of Yambol.

Location

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

The island is located at 62°26′30″S 59°56′33″W / 62.44167°S 59.94250°W / -62.44167; -59.94250 which is 950 m (1,040 yd) east of Pavlikeni Point, 1 km (0.62 mi) north of Crutch Peaks, 200 m (220 yd) northwest of Miletich Point, and 2.5 km (1.6 mi) west-southwest of Ongley Island (Chilean mapping in 1966, British mapping in 1968 and Bulgarian in 2009).

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009