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Location
  
Antarctica

Population
  
Uninhabited

Archipelago
  
South Shetland Islands

Island group
  
South Shetland Islands

Melyane Island

Melyane Island (Bulgarian: остров Меляне, ‘Ostrov Melyane’ \'os-trov 'me-lya-ne) is the southernmost of Dunbar Islands off Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The feature is ice-free, extending 280 m in southeast-northwest direction and 90 m wide. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

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Map of Melyane Island, Antarctica

The island is named after the settlement of Melyane in Northwestern Bulgaria.

Location

Melyane Island is located at 62°28′44.2″S 60°11′23″W, which is 250 m south of Balsha Island, 1.27 km west of Slab Point and 2.52 km north-northeast of Kotis Point, Livingston Island. British mapping in 1968 and 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.

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    Melyane Island Wikipedia
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