Leeve Island

Leeve Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Leeve Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 19307
Name ID: 137672

Feature type:

Origin

This name originates from Bulgaria. It is part of the Bulgaria Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

The low ice-free island in the Onogur group off the NW coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands situated 1.46 km N of Misnomer Point and 640 m WSW of Shipot Point. Extending 200 m in SE-NW direction and 80 m wide. Separated from Redina Island by a 100 m wide passage. Bulgarian mapping in 2009. Named after Leeve River in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
62° 21' 10.0" S
-62.35278°
Accurate to 0m
Longitude:
59° 40' 58.5" W
-59.68292°
Accurate to 0m
Altitude:
Not recorded
Accurate to 0m

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown The coordinates for this place name were derived from Map id 0 - This map does not exist in the SCAR Map Catalogue. in the SCAR Map Catalogue.
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
16-Jul-2013

Related information

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