Rotalia Island facts for kids
Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands
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 Rotalia Island
Location in Antarctica
Rotalia Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°14′18″S 59°05′24″W / 62.23833°S 59.09000°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Length | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Width | 250 m (820 ft) |
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| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Rotalia Island is a small, rocky island located off the north coast of Nelson Island. This island is part of the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. It stretches about 310 meters (1,017 feet) from southeast to northwest and 250 meters (820 feet) from southwest to northeast.
The island gets its name from an ocean fishing trawler called Rotalia. This ship belonged to a Bulgarian company named Ocean Fisheries – Burgas. Their ships fished in the waters around South Georgia, Kerguelen, the South Orkney Islands, the South Shetland Islands, and the Antarctic Peninsula from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Bulgarian fishermen, along with those from the Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany, were among the first to start modern fishing in Antarctica.
Where is Rotalia Island?
Rotalia Island is located at coordinates 62°14′18″S 59°05′24″W / 62.23833°S 59.09000°W. It is about 2.06 kilometers (1.28 miles) west-southwest of a place called Cariz Point. The island is also 530 meters (1,739 feet) north of Meana Point. You can find it about 1.2 kilometers (0.75 miles) northeast of Baklan Point and 2.2 kilometers (1.37 miles) east of Withem Island. British explorers mapped this area in 1968.
