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South Shetland Islands

Island group
  
South Shetland Islands

Redina Island

Redina Island (Bulgarian: остров Редина, ‘Ostrov Redina’ \'os-trov 're-di-na) is the ice-free island in the Onogur group off the northwest coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 280 m in east-west direction and 130 m wide. It is separated from Robert Island by a 20 m wide passage.

Contents

Map of Redina Island, Antarctica

The island is named after the settlement of Redina in Western Bulgaria.

Location

Redina Island is located at 62°21′16″S 59°41′02″W, which is 1.22 km north of Misnomer Point and 760 m 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

    Redina Island Wikipedia
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