Rotalia Island

Rotalia Island (Bulgarian: остров Роталия, romanized: ostrov Rotaliya, IPA: [ˈɔstrof roˈtalijɐ]) is the rocky island off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 310 m in southeast-northwest direction and 250 m in southwest-northeast direction.

Rotalia Island
Rotalia Island
Location of Rotalia Island
Rotalia Island
Rotalia Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates62°14′18″S 59°05′24″W
ArchipelagoSouth Shetland Islands
Length310 m (1020 ft)
Width250 m (820 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The island is “named after the ocean fishing trawler Rotalia of the Bulgarian company Ocean Fisheries – Burgas whose ships operated in the waters of South Georgia, Kerguelen, the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula from 1970 to the early 1990s. The Bulgarian fishermen, along with those of the Soviet Union, Poland and East Germany are the pioneers of modern Antarctic fishing industry.”[1]

Location

Rotalia Island is located at 62°14′18″S 59°05′24″W, which is 2.06 km west-southwest of Cariz Point, 530 m north of Meana Point, 1.2 km northeast of Baklan Point and 2.2 km east of Withem Island. British mapping in 1968.

Maps

Notes
  1. "SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-12-28.

References


This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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