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Redina Island

Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	62°21′16″S 59°41′02″W / 62.35444°S 59.68389°W / -62.35444; -59.68389
Archipelago	South Shetland Islands
Administration
Antarctica
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	0

Redina Island (Bulgarian: остров Редина, romanized: ostrov Redina) is the ice-free island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 280 m in east-west direction and 130 m wide. It is separated from Robert Island by a 20 m wide passage.

The island is named after the settlement of Redina in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Redina Island is located at 62°21′16″S 59°41′02″W / 62.35444°S 59.68389°W / -62.35444; -59.68389, which is 1.22 km north of Misnomer Point and 760 m southwest of Shipot Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps

• 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)