Akin Island (Bulgarian: остров Акин, romanized: ostrov Akin, IPA: [ˈɔstrof ɐˈkin]) is a wide, rocky island 280 m long in southeast-northwest direction and 100 m lying off the north coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It is “named after Akin Point on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.”[1]
 Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Akin Island Location of Akin Island  Akin Island Akin Island (Antarctic Peninsula) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 62°13′41.5″S 59°05′50″W / 62.228194°S 59.09722°W |
| Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
| Length | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Width | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Location edit
Akin Island is located at 62°13′41.5″S 59°05′50″W / 62.228194°S 59.09722°W, which is 2.35 km west-northwest of Cariz Point, 2.02 km north-northeast of Baklan Point, 2.14 km east-northeast of Withem Island, 1.12 km south of Nancy Rock and 100 m north-northeast of Fregata Island. British mapping in 1968.
Maps edit
- South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
Notes edit
- ^ "SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
References edit
- Akin Island. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links edit
- Akin Island. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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