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Svetulka Island
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Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
Svetulka Island is located in Antarctica
Svetulka Island
Svetulka Island
Location in Antarctica
Svetulka Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Svetulka Island
Svetulka Island
Location in Antarctic Peninsula
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 62°20′49.7″S 59°40′45.8″W / 62.347139°S 59.679389°W / -62.347139; -59.679389
Archipelago South Shetland Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population 0

Svetulka Island (Bulgarian: остров Светулка, romanizedostrov Svetulka) is the northernmost island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The feature is rocky, extending 150 m by 90 m, and separated from Osenovlag Island by a 20 m wide passage. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The island is named after the settlement of Svetulka in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Svetulka Island is located at 62°20′49.7″S 59°40′45.8″W / 62.347139°S 59.679389°W / -62.347139; -59.679389, which is 520 m northwest of Shipot Point, 1.3 km east-southeast of Cornwall Island and 1.74 km southeast of Rogozen Island. British mapping in 1968 and 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)
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