Ralida Island facts for kids
 Ralida Island
Location in Antarctica
Ralida Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°53′36″S 60°54′03″W / 63.89333°S 60.90083°W |
| Archipelago | Palmer Archipelago |
| Length | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Width | 80 m (260 ft) |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Ralida Island (Bulgarian: остров Ралида, romanized: ostrov Ralida) is the 320 m long in west–east direction and 80 m wide rocky island lying in Belimel Bay on the southwest coast of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It is “named after the ocean fishing trawler Ralida of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas whose ships operated in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen, the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.”
Location
Ralida Island is located at 63°53′36″S 60°54′03″W / 63.89333°S 60.90083°W, which is 1.12 km north of Asencio Point, 180 m southeast of Glarus Island, 4.16 km south-southeast of Bulnes Point and 2.86 km south of Tizoin Point. British mapping in 1978.
Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 63 60. Tolworth, UK, 1978.
