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Komuniga Komuniga ( bg, Комунига) is a village in Chernoochene Municipality, in Kardzhali Province, in southern-central Bulgaria. It is located southeast of Sofia. It covers an area of 26.665 square kilometres and as of 2007 it had a population of ...

in Southern Bulgaria.

Location

Komuniga Island is located 1.3 km northwest of the nearest mainland point and 500 m southeast of Baurene Island. British mapping in 1971.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.

References

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Komuniga Island.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

External links

Komuniga Island.
Copernix satellite image Islands of Graham Land Bulgaria and the Antarctic Graham Coast {{GrahamCoast-geo-stub