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Treklyano Island ( bg, остров Трекляно, ostrov Treklyano, ) is an island off the northeast coast of
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Treklyano Island.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
Treklyano Island.
Adjusted Copernix satellite image Islands of Robert Island Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{RobertIsland-geo-stub
Treklyano Island ( bg, остров Трекляно, ostrov Treklyano, ) is an island off the northeast coast of Robert Island
Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island long and wide, situated between Nelson Island and Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Robert Island is located at . Surface area . T ...
, South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 1 ...
Extending , with a low rocky formation projecting northeastwards, the island emerged as a distinct geographical entity following the retreat of Robert Island's ice cap in the late 20th century. Named after the settlement of Treklyano in western Bulgaria
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.
Location
The island is located at which is northwest of Kitchen Point, west ofSmirnenski Point
Smirnenski Point ( bg, нос Смирненски, ‘Nos Smirnenski’ \'nos 'smir-nen-ski\) is a narrow, ice-free point on the east coast of Robert Island projecting 1.1 km into Nelson Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and ...
and southeast of Newell Point
Newell Point is the rocky point forming the northeast extremity of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and is a northwest entrance point of Nelson Strait.
The feature originally charted and named 'Newell Point' by Discovery I ...
(Bulgarian early mapping in 2009).
See also
* Composite Antarctic Gazetteer * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S *SCAR
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* Territorial claims in Antarctica
Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and st ...
Maps
* L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.
Notes
References
Treklyano Island.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)
External links
Treklyano Island.
Adjusted Copernix satellite image Islands of Robert Island Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{RobertIsland-geo-stub