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Location
  
Antarctica

Population
  
Uninhabited

Archipelago
  
South Shetland Islands

Island group
  
South Shetland Islands

Leeve Island

Leeve Island (Bulgarian: остров Лееве, ‘Ostrov Leeve’ \'os-trov 'le-e-ve) is the low ice-free island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 200 m in southeast-northwest direction and 80 m wide. It is separated from Redina Island by a 100 m wide passage.

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Map of Leeve Island, Antarctica

The island is named after Leeve River in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.

Location

Leeve Island is located 1.46 km north of Misnomer Point and 640 m west-southwest of Shipot Point. Bulgarian mapping in 2009.

Maps

  • Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968.
  • 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)
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

    • References

    Leeve Island Wikipedia
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