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Beslen Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Beslen Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The rocky island off the N coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands situated 1.67 km NE of Cape Wallace and 840 m N of Prisad Island. Extending 240 m in E-W direction and 90 m wide. British mapping in 2009. Named after the settlement of Beslen in Southwestern Bulgaria.
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